Toyota quality has been sliding since they opened american factories. It's still much better than what you see on alot of american brands. I'll leave out the European cars, since I don't do anything with their dealerships
...but right now, I can walk anybody around, say, a Cadillac lot, and point out uneven deck lids (trunks), improperly sealed windshields, misaligned fenders, etc. The main difference is the production tolerances. On an american car, lets take the Corvette for instance, pop off the fenders or quarter panels, and you'll see all the little spots where you have to shim it up to get it to fit correctly. That's not the right way to go about designing a car imho. If I walk to my warehouse, grab a Camry fender, and take it to the bodyshop... I know it'll fit any camry in there of the same year w/o needing shims or adjustments.
On the flipside of that, it's pretty brand specific. I checked out the very first Nissan Titan in town, and the body panels looked like they'd be put on by a stoned highschool student with superglue.
