20 years ago when I was broke, I bought a worn 79 Toyota Celica GT Liftback with about 125,000 on the odo. I don't think I ever changed the oil in the roughly 19 months that I had it, (or did any other maintenance). Total neglect. I sold the car still running like a champ.
Few years later, back in the black, I purchased a brandy new Mustang GT 5.0, which promptly dropped a valve with 500 miles on it.
So, I'm pro Jap in this discussion and would have no problem buying my wife the RAV 4 V6 that she likes or a Tundra for myself.