Here's my take, they learned from trial (us tractor abusers) and error (their mistakes, under designed for us abusers). Maybe or maybe not, when I bought my first Kubota (used) in 1980 they where not that popular around here but I gave them a chance and have not regretted it one bit. They were fairly new to my area. This time I bought a Kioti and so far it has been great. I'm willing to give a company a chance to redeem themselves if they have problems with their product. Just remember that these engineers, designers and whoever else it takes to produce and market something are no different than you and I, god help us were not perfect and cannot think of every way that we can come up with to abuse or break something knowingly or unknowingly. The strong will survive and weaklings will fade away. But in the end the consumer will dictate who survives and who doesn't. Most times it all starts at the top, if they want it to work, it will usually work, it may just take some time and patience.
As Elvis would say "thank you, thank you, thank you very much"
Can you tell i'm in the typing mood this morning.
Steve