(1)The car is made in Japan.
(2)The car was made in Japan.
この二つのfeeling の違いを教えてください。
自分のイメージ：(1)その車（車種）は今でも日本で作られている現行品 のイメージ.
(2)その車は（過去に）日本で作られた。というイメージ。
「その車は日本製です。」とだけの日本語では、この二つの英文が作れると思っています。(2)の方がいいとも思っています（学校教育のせいで）が(1)も使えると思っているので、違いを知りたいのです。お願いいたします。
I was suspended once because a teacher pointed a ruler at me and said "at the end of this ruler is an idiot" And I said "which end?"（作者不詳）
というジョークがあります。 個人的にはすごいツボったのですが、私の文章力では日本語に訳しても全然面白くないのです。
拙訳：俺は一度停学になった事がある。先生が定規を俺に指して「この定規の先に愚か者がおる。」と言うから「どっち側の先ですか？」って言ったんだ。
まあ、お分かりとは思いますが、定規の両端に先があり、自分を指してる方じゃなくて、先生が先生自身を指してる方を意図して言って怒られたというしょうもない笑い話なのですが、、、"which end?"の訳が良くないのですかねえ？？
日本語でも面白い翻訳例を読んでスッキリとしたく思っています、自分の翻訳では残尿感しか残らないので、英語カテの住人の方々の翻訳例をおしえていただければと思います。
現在けっこう忙しくて、大したお礼コメントもできませんが、よろしくお願い致します。
Again a victim of SGI has occurred.
American singer Tina Turner became a member of the Japanese religion "SGI (Soka Gakkai International)" with the introduction of a friend in 1971.
After becoming a member of SGI, she and her family were released from misery and became happy.
However, SGI has changed to heresy Buddhism.
Since then, most SGI members have become gradually unhappy.
And in July 2018, her son committed suicide.
It seems that she and her family did not know that SGI had changed to heresy Buddhism.
Again a victim of SGI has occurred.
American singer Tina Turner became a member of the Japanese religion "SGI (Soka Gakkai International)" with the introduction of a friend in 1971.
After becoming a member of SGI, she and her family were released from misery and became happy.
However, SGI has changed to heresy Buddhism.
Since then, most SGI members have become gradually unhappy.
And in July 2018, her son committed suicide.
It seems that she and her family did not know that SGI had changed to heresy Buddhism.
Again a victim of SGI has occurred.
American singer Tina Turner became a member of the Japanese religion "SGI (Soka Gakkai International)" with the introduction of a friend in 1971.
After becoming a member of SGI, she and her family were released from misery and became happy.
However, SGI has changed to heresy Buddhism.
Since then, most SGI members have become gradually unhappy.
And in July 2018, her son committed suicide.
It seems that she and her family did not know that SGI had changed to heresy Buddhism.
