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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What is the least reliable brand?[/quote]

The car that doesn’t get an oil change for the first 40k miles after it left the dealer lot. Second to that, the one that only gets driven about 5 miles / 10-15 minutes a day. They never warm up enough to cook the contaminants out of the oil, get sludgey, and the exhaust system rusts from the condensation that never boils off. Third, the car that hardly ever gets driven. Seals flatten out, bearings dry out, oxidation forms in wiring connectors, they just rot. That can happen to any car from make.

Reality is, in the last two decades, pretty much all manufacturers are about equal now. All the factory assembly automation is made by two companies. Materials are mostly the same, engineering is basically the same, etc. The IS still a difference in quality of bearings in various components, the better bearings coming from Japan, America  and Germany, and garbage bearings coming from China. But the thing is, all manufacturers use at least some Chinese bearings in some components, so it’s a pointless distinction.

I think Japanese cars are generally the best made, specifically Toyota and Honda. Personally I like older American cars, older being 70’s-90’s. German cars are over engineered, especially in electronics and they have the failure rate to prove it. American cars are hit or miss. Ford eco boost engines seem like disasters waiting to happen, time will tell. I like Dodge, but who knows what influence FIAT will have on them.

Bottom line, maintain your car, drive it often, and it will last longer than you think. [/quote]

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