Best & Worst Used car rated by Consumer Report

[divinewisdom]

CR Good Bets

Acura Integra
Acura MDX
Acura RL
Acura TL
Buick Regal
Chrysler PT Cruiser
Ford Escort
Geo/Chevrolet Prizm
Honda Accord
Honda Civic
Honda CR-V
Honda Odyssey
Honda Prelude
Honda S2000
Infiniti G20
Infiniti I30, I35
Infiniti QX4
Isuzu Oasis
Lexus ES300
Lexus GS300/GS400,
GS430
Lexus LS400, LS430
Lexus RX300
Lincoln Town Car
(except 2003)
Mazda 626
Mazda Millenia
Mazda MPV
Mazda MX-5 Miata
Mazda Protegé
Mercury Tracer
Nissan Altima
Nissan Maxima
Nissan Pathfinder
Subaru Forester
Subaru Impreza
Subaru Legacy
Subaru Outback
Toyota 4Runner
Toyota Avalon
Toyota Camry
Toyota Camry Solara
Toyota Celica
Toyota Corolla
Toyota Echo
Toyota Highlander
Toyota Land Cruiser
Toyota RAV4
Toyota Sequoia
Toyota Sienna
Toyota Tacoma
Toyota Tundra

Repeat offenders
Be especially careful when considering these models. They have shown several years of much-worse-than-average overall reliability. They are listed alphabetically.

Audi A6
BMW 7 Series
Cadillac Seville
Chevrolet Astro
Chevrolet Blazer
Chevrolet S-10 (4WD)
Chrysler Town & Country (AWD)
Dodge Grand Caravan (AWD)
Dodge Neon
GMC Jimmy
GMC Safari
GMC Sonoma (4WD)
Jaguar S-Type
Jeep Grand Cherokee
Mercedes-Benz M-Class
Oldsmobile Bravada
Oldsmobile Cutlass
Plymouth Neon
Volkswagen Golf
Volkswagen Jetta
Volkswagen New Beetle

http://www.consumerreports.org/main/...=1094103323448

[Samurai_X]

No japanese cars on the bad list wow

[divinewisdom]

Originally Posted by Samurai_X

No japanese cars on the bad list wow

its ownage. lol :w00t

[Mr. Sex]

Originally Posted by Samurai_X

No japanese cars on the bad list wow

thats what I was thinkin

[dodolaje]

Buick Regal no wonder many grandma and grandpa bought these cars...
Chrysler PT Cruiser wow and now i see why DC start to making a great sales
Ford Escort Well that was long time ago..and now they replace it with the troublesome focus
Geo/Chevrolet Prizm Its basically a rebadge corolla
Lincoln Town Car and this is why the Taxi and Limo use this car huh

[93_SI]

hehe....14/21 of the bad ones are domestic.........and 5/51 of the good ones are domestic......hmmmmm hehe

[h22lude]

no european on the good list, and 7 on the bad.

japanese > domestic > european
in terms of reliability, with domestic on the move up and euro on the move down

[BlazSean]

Originally Posted by h22lude

no european on the good list, and 7 on the bad.

japanese > domestic > european
in terms of reliability, with domestic on the move up and euro on the move down

as of late domestics are starting to step up to the plate

[Lights_Out]

Originally Posted by BlazSean

as of late domestics are starting to step up to the plate

Big time too. Still not upto Japanese levels, but slowly closing the gap.

Out of the domestics listed, most are twins. Ex: Sanoma/S10, Blazer/Jimmy/Brovado, Astro/Sasfari, Plymouth/Dodge Neon, Caravan/Town-country. That's 5 vehicles right there, but due to badge engineering, they appear to be 11 different vehicles.

[PreludeBB6]

Why the hell are Euro Cars so crappy these days? BMW 7-Series don't they cost 40k-70k? man talk about a bad value.

Domestics are finally getting better...

And the Japanese Owns all

[h22lude]

Originally Posted by PreludeBB6

Why the hell are Euro Cars so crappy these days? BMW 7-Series don't they cost 40k-70k? man talk about a bad value.

Domestics are finally getting better...

And the Japanese Owns all

i dont remember who did the survey, but apparently a 1992 lexus ls400 will have fewer problems then a 2004 bmw 745

[PreludeBB6]

Originally Posted by h22lude

i dont remember who did the survey, but apparently a 1992 lexus ls400 will have fewer problems then a 2004 bmw 745

OMG, must be hell to have a NEW car that doesn't work correctly.....

[divinewisdom]

Originally Posted by PreludeBB6

Why the hell are Euro Cars so crappy these days? BMW 7-Series don't they cost 40k-70k? man talk about a bad value.

Domestics are finally getting better...

And the Japanese Owns all

European has really fallen. even the koreans are ahead of the euros in some surveys. i wouldnt trust buying a $40k+ car to have be in the shop most of the time. Mercedes are notorious for having probs, new, old, everything.

[soccrstar]

probably cuz europeans spend more time on features and making it look pretty versus engine engineerin' n reliability. take a look @ VW Passat for example. if you seen it (passat GLX 4motion). it has auto dimming rear mirrors, 8 way driver n passanger seats. dual heated seats, dual climate control, front n rear side curtain airbags, side airbags on seat, front airbags, projector headlights n foglights, leather, sound system w/ amp and like 100 more stuff all standard.

they spend more time on features than making the car reliable.

accord EX-V6 comes with all airbags, 6 disc changer, leather, 8 way driver n beleive 4 way passenger seat, and bunch of other goodies, japenese spend more time on reliability.

personally if i was to win the lottery i'd open up my own car manfacture factory and i'd hire engineers from japan for reliablity n engine and the europeans to make it look pretty n sexy and some american engineers to make BEAST engines and u got best of 3 worlds

[Tony Bolony]

Allways stick with japanese. My dad had like american cars unitl about 6 5 years ago. He had a buick station wagon cause my grandpa(who owns a Buick Le Sabre lol) and it was the biggest piece of shit. So after that american car, he vowed to never own another one again. He got a 4runner after that and just got a pilot 2 weeks ago. I told him american is slowly getting better, but he doesnt care, he still wont buy em. O well japanese it is then