I bought an LS 400 Lexus when they first came out in 1989. My factory was in Torrance just down the street from Toyota.
I paid $39,995 for that car, drove it for 77,000 miles and only replaced the
tires. That car had ZERO issues. None of the crap I've experienced with BMW.

BTW I also had a 1990 BMW 3.0 convertible, traded it at 40,000 miles, just a few problems. I had a 1996 BWM 3.0L sedan. Lots of issues. Got rid of it at 107,000 miles before it got out of hand.

Like I mentioned above, BMW has a satisfied customer group that it markets new cars to. The rest are on their own!!

The Japanese and German mentalities are very far apart in philosophy. The US is somewhere in between. The Japanese will strive for perfection even if they don't get an immediate return. Look at the numbers over the last 30 years and it tells the story...........