American cars aren't bad are they?

It seems there is notion out there that either American cars ‘suck’ and are unreliable, or that some foreign cars are just better than they are.

Are some foreign cars (For example, Honda, Toyata) actually more reliable (whatever that means), or is it just a preference of what some people think is better? Is it just the case that American cars aren’t bad, but maybe they aren’t as good as some foreign cars? Thanks.