Hi everyone! i am a newbie here. please help me out with my inquiry.

I am just about to get a Lancer EX GLS 2.0 which we carefully handpicked over the civic 1.8 and the corolla altis - had a 2008 civic and it was great) & just sold our mazda 3, had super major "kalampag" problems (so sad).

handpicked i say because aside from what i have researched (styling exterior and interior is "angas", great ride, fuel efficiency is not bad, speed & handling is great, etc) there seemed to be one lacking point in detail that is a major concern for me and that is its "Durability"........

which generally no one can answer .......Yet! not within another year maybe.

So i made my own specualtion that since all new Lancers come directly from Japan (CKD - complete knockdown), does this fact be a basis that the Lancer just may........just may be a little tougher than .....lets say a corolla or a civic which is a SKD (semi knockdown) from thailand?

(short kwento: i have a friend who drives a "not a lemon" 2002 corolla [a slow driver by the way] and another friend which has a lower model corolla 1999 CKD from japan and the 2002 is nowhere near the pristine condition of the 1999 toyota)

Any insights would be great! Many Thanks!!