This was not so much a quality issue , but???
When I was in high school, a friend of mine ordered a new 1967 Chevelle. It was a 2 door post, no options except automatic, the medium metallic blue that seemed to fade after about a month. 250 emblems on the fender.
He did not give 2 hoots about cars. They were used to get from point A to B and that is all.
Of course, we did not pay any attention to it either.
One day, we were in the school parking lot at noon and he was commenting on how much power his six cylinder seems to have, and we all laughed.
"OK, Bill, lets see the rocket ship that is under the hood".
Lifted the hood, and our eyes popped...there was sitting a 275 horse 327.
How could this happen?