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TIL that Ford invented a technique to rust protect cars in 1957, but for 30 years did not use it while granting its use to their competitors. This lead to their cars rusting badly. The reason: Ford was controlled by finance managers, who refused to upgrade factories since the cars sold regardless.
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TIL when in 1988 Consumer Reports compared 4 American midsize cars, all suffered failures during the test - the Ford and Dodge had their A/C not work, the Eagle had a glovebox that did not close and an unopenable fuel filler door, and the Buick had a knocking engine and a broken door lock.
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TIL in 2013 a Toyota Auris Hybrid was the first car in decades of testing to complete the Auto Motor und Sport 100k km long term reliability test without any defects outside normal wear items.