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Cars break no matter what the brand, imports for the most part are more expensive to repair on average because alot of parts are imported or marked up. I've seen just as many imports as domestics on the side of the road and alot of it has to do with maintainance (lack of).
I work at a ford dealership and see explorers with 200,000+ miles with little to no problems, and i also see explorers with 20,000 miles with all the common problems associated with the vehicle. The quality of all cars has gone up tremendously in the last 10 years and the all new Explorers, Expeditions, Lincoln LS, Thunderbird for example have all new technology and design than older vehicles. Specifications for the engine, suspension, NVH (noise vibration harshness) for example is way more stringent than it used to be.
I think with cars today it's mostly a matter of preferance. Every manufacturer today sublets alot of work and product design to other companies. For example: saying model X Ford is better than model X Chevy is a toss up because 1/2 the parts on a certain vehicle may be made by another car company or mass production company bought at the lowest price and isn't actually made by the car company itself.
I'm rambling, but my point is import or domestic - both make good cars and both make bad cars, both also have common problems because there will always be a car that is a lemon, or a sublet part that isn't durable (ford DPFE sensors for example).
Personally i like torque and i like it cheap, thank god for mustangs