My Corolla manufactured in Mississippi is even better made (in terms of visible gap tolerances, at least - they both experienced pretty amazing reliability) than the previous one, made in Fremont. I think it's Toyota's manufacturing process that's key, not the geography of where the car is manufactured.

Same as people bashing "made in china" when the highest quality laptops (Macbooks) are made there. It is the region, low quality things made in china are low quality on purpose.