The US market is very different than the rest of the world. And so are its buyers.

e.g. all Subaru owners pay big money to keep their cars running - you will never see a subaru boxer4 that has not had its headgaskets replaced. But still its considered very good.

OTOH, a ford fusion which blew its gasket becomes a POS.

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2012 BMW X5 (Beef + Granite suspension model)

1995 E300D - The original humming machine (consumed by Flood 2017)
2000 E320 - The evolution (consumed by flood 2017)