you are correct on this from historical perspective, Toyota Production System actually taught the world about Production and Quality... as today we learn quality standards from Japanese models...
but.. that's from 60's and 70's.. still true today.. and Koreans have improved a lot.. and now Chinese car manufacturing also improving..
we .. pakistani.. local market.. mehran.. city.. corolla.. finally can see some features and functions.. local japani car assemblers have kept locals devoid of new technologies... look at 1 caror fortuner box car.. not even 4x4 in it.. buy more expensive fortuner to get 4x4... dabba..
yes.. it's reliable.. stable.. and strong.. mehran is solid as rock.. can take it anywhere.. keep'em.. no one stopping you