This could be one of the most controversial videos as it explains whether North American-built Toyota/Lexus vehicles are as reliable as vehicles built in Japan - especially over a long term. Using the 2023 Lexus RX as a reference point, Automotive Engineer David Chao provides 5 reasons why he believes that Canadian-built vehicle like the RX is just as reliable and as well built as similar RX built in Japan. Also included at the end of the video is the interview between David and AMD from the Car Care Nut channel, where they talk about this exact same topic on reliability (filmed last year in AMD's channel). They both come to the same conclusion that as long as it's a Toyota or Lexus product, the QRD (quality, reliability, durability) is the same for vehicles built in North America vs Japan.
Automotive Press is owned and managed by David Koichi Chao, a global expert in the field of automotive evaluation, engineering, and strategy. With over 35 years of engineering experience, David is able to review vehicles from unique perspectives utilizing technical and specialized methods. David is a board member and a director at AJAC (Automobile Journalist Association of Canada).
David is known around the world as an authentic specialist of Lean/Agile Thinking, and travels all around the world to review vehicles and teach latest engineering methods. Born and raised in Japan, David has an engineering degree from University of British Columbia and post-graduate education from MIT and Harvard Business School in Boston.
