Why does Ford have a bad name?

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Today cars are all made by different manufacturers and everything is contracted out, all a car company has to do is say "make this" and then assemble it. Most cars are "made" in Taiwan, China, Mexico and wherever else parts can be made at slave labor prices, whether it's a Honda, Ford, Mitsubishi, Chrysler or Volkswagen. Also major distributors like AC Delco, Motorcraft, Nippondenso, Bosch to name a few - design and make alot of the parts that go on cars and even domestics get import parts on them (Bosch oxygen sensors, Mass air sensors, etc.)

Most people who say "XXXX car company sucks" either have had a bad experience with one of that company's cars or are blindly brand loyal, don't maintain their cars, or don't know anything about cars in general. Some people are well educated, and may just be comfortable with that make of car and tend to overlook all the flaws of that make.
Also, any car is a POS if you don't maintain and beat on the thing, which is something that i've seen people do and then blame the car.

I stopped arguing with people along time ago, i just smile and nod and say "I like my POS".