Japanese cars seem to be more reliable than other makes but what else do they offer? I hate my Camry it's slow, handles poorly, and has realy bad breaks. It also doesn't like cruiseing at 90+mph. But it's reliable, it is 10 years old and has had 131k trouble free miles. But I look forward to the day when I get rid of it. Also not all Japanese cars are so reliable, does anybody remember the Toyota sludgeing problems with there 1996 and newer 4 clinders? Or how about there head gasket issues with there V6's? One of my friends has a brand new 2003 Honda Accord, fully loaded with less than 1,500 on the clock and it has been in the shop twice. I feel sorry for the poor people working on it. Japanese cars may be reliable but when they do break they are a pain to fix.