Australian cars...is "good enough", good enough...?

[2011G6E]

In the relatively shortish time I've been on this forum, I've seen various threads either supporting or bashing one make of car or another...Ford or Holden...and the Australian cars in particular...Commodore and Falcon.

A lot of people seem to think they should be better...even slightly better, but just "better.
Then people will jump in to defend these cars, saying they are "value for the price", and "adequate for a market this size", or "as good as we can expect when compared to the competition."

But is "good enough" good enough? Shouldn't our car makers be awake to the fact that they are playing in a big bad world now...one which is becoming "badder" by the day with new makers coming into the market, sharply priced and loaded with features?
It appears to be an ingrained thing with Australian car buyers (that being people who purchase an Australian-made car) to just too easily excuse shoddy workmanship (that's a bit too harsh...not "shoddy", but just probably "lazy"), lack of features, little niggling inadequacies, or features that are good...but not quite up to the standard we could get from a cheaper import.
People seem to have a selective blindness that lets them see the faults and little shortcomings, but they actively ignore and excuse them with reasoning that merely supports the maker in thier "good enough is good enough for this market" philosophy.

If people were honest, and looked hard at thier Commodore or Falcon, they would spot a dozen little things that, with a tiny bit more effort, could have been made far better...or at least equalled the stuff seen on even cheap imports.
With a little effort, they could make a good car a truly great car.

Why do Australian-car buyers put up with this kind of thing when every other car manufacturer in the world is actively trying to make thier car stand out on the world stage and equal or surpass the standards they are competing against? Ignoring them won't make them go away...and they'd better hope that people don't suddenly start demanding more because they don't seem to be able to respond quickly enough.

Ideas why people turn a blind eye to this sort of thing...?