These Are The World's Most Reliable Car Brands

Source: https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/these-are-worlds-most-reliable-car-brands
Published: Sep 20, 2024
Author: Tyler Durden
Post Date: 2024-09-20 16:05:50 by Horse
Views: 2032

As the saying goes, “It’s not how fast you can go, but how far you can get”—and in today’s world, a dependable car is crucial for getting you wherever you need to go.

Reliability, or how consistently a vehicle performs without experiencing mechanical failures or issues over time, remains a key factor when choosing which brand of vehicle to purchase.

This graphic, via Visual Capitalist's Kayla Zhu, visualizes the predicted reliability scores of various automakers, as ranked by Consumer Reports. The data is updated as of November 2023.

Asian Automakers Lead The Pack

Lexus and Toyota ranked first and second respectively as Consumer Reports’ most reliable car brands in this latest edition of the rankings.

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#1: Horse    To: All (#0)

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Horse posted on 2024-09-20 16:07:46   Reply   Private Reply

#2: Esso    To: Dakmar, 4um (#0)

I'm kind of surprised to see Mini near the top and VW and Mercedes near the bottom.

I don't know shit about cars anymore other than they're all lookalike SUVs or shitbox sedans like Kim's. Her car is so non-descript, I couldn't tell you if it's a Toyota, Hyundai or Kia.

It's white. I think they all are.

Esso posted on 2024-09-20 16:28:59   Reply   Private Reply

#3: Dakmar    To: Esso (#2)

MINI is BMW. Only thing it has in common with Issigonis' Mini (Morris, Autin, BMC, Leyland et all) is the name and poorly done, derivative styling. Scotty K had to fix headlight on one, the wires were something like would be used on model train diorama to power street lights.

Issigonis Mini:
Kerb weight: 580–686 kg (1,279–1,512 lb) - Kerb, lol

A front wheel drive car that light must be a hoot to drive. Other specs considered, of course, most of which seem bang on with the Mini.

Dakmar posted on 2024-09-20 18:19:19   Reply   Private Reply

#4: Esso    To: Dakmar (#3)

A front wheel drive car that light must be a hoot to drive.

The Clown Car is surprisingly fast considering it only has a 1,000cc 3 cylinder motor. Not sure about the handling, I don't push it too hard. Not sure about lift throttle oversteer, I'm getting too old to get killed again.

...the wires were something like would be used on model train diorama to power street lights.

The CC is like that. Maybe 24 or 26ga.

Scrap Iron Delivery Journey!

I can't back a trailer, but I bet she can't fly land a plane.

Esso posted on 2024-09-20 18:32:45   Reply   Private Reply

#5: Dakmar    To: Esso (#2)

I don't know shit about cars anymore other than they're all lookalike SUVs or shitbox sedans

It must have been somewhere between 1996 and 2000, but I was still working in an office and went out to smoke in my Capri ragtop (the shitty Australian Mazda P.O.C. version) when the bank on first floor got robbed. I was trying to light a cig (it was really windy, even inside the car, lol) when I heard a commotion, which I was certain I should investigate once cherry was firmly established. Commotion intensified, I could hear that there was some sort of threat so I got out of the car and saw two guys lizard-running toward the other end of the parking lot. I glanced over at my co-workers to sort of see if they were ok and maybe aske what happened. Situation was self explanatory at that point, so for the briefest split of a second I thought maybe fire up the Capri and chase them, but good sense kicked in and I tried to get a good look at their car as they fled.

Yellow jellybean looking thing was the best I could come up when talking to FBI for the first and only time my in life. Maybe a KIA? I could probably come close to the color, would start at canary yellow, but make/model...whew? Nissan?

Dakmar posted on 2024-09-20 18:37:24   Reply   Private Reply

#6: Esso    To: Dakmar (#5)

Nissan?

Oh yeah, I forgot Nissan. Kimmy's car might be one of those too.

She's working tomorrow so I don't get to see her tonight. Bummer.

Hot Wheels in Real Life

I bet my broken back would love that.

Esso posted on 2024-09-20 18:43:51   Reply   Private Reply

#7: Dakmar    To: Esso (#4)

Not sure about the handling, I don't push it too hard.

That doesn't say much for how well it handles, lol.

I don't drive aggressively, but if there is a lot of traffic I do my best not to dawdle, and sometimes that requires me to step outside my hypermiling regimen. The Corolla handles darting through city traffic beautifully. The Mustang I had required much heavier inputs, and much more finesse. Push the gas in the Corolla and the RPMs go up as the CVT adjusts. To get action in the Mustang usually required enough pedal to kick it down a gear. Usually with dramatic yet unproductive results.

Dakmar posted on 2024-09-20 18:51:01   Reply   Private Reply

#8: Esso    To: Dakmar (#7)

Push the gas in the Corolla and the RPMs go up as the CVT adjusts. To get action in the Mustang usually required enough pedal to kick it down a gear. Usually with dramatic yet unproductive results.

I should ask Chip if the CC has tachometer wiring in the dash. Some trim levels had a clock and tach mounted on top of the dash in the center. I'm kind of hesitant to use the paddle shifters not knowing what the engine is doing. I've got too much invested now to blow it up.

Esso posted on 2024-09-20 19:02:02   Reply   Private Reply

#9: Esso    To: All (#8)

Esso posted on 2024-09-20 19:10:22   Reply   Private Reply

#10: Dakmar    To: Esso (#8)

I'm kind of hesitant to use the paddle shifters not knowing what the engine is doing

I could look it up, but does CC use Dual Clutch Automatic or CVT?

Dakmar posted on 2024-09-20 19:15:32   Reply   Private Reply

#11: Dakmar    To: Esso (#8)

I've got too much invested now to blow it up.

Dude, as much as you have invested in the CC you could have bought a 36kmi 1970 Torino Cobra with the fat tires, 429scj and 4:10 Detroit Locker.

Dakmar posted on 2024-09-20 19:20:55   Reply   Private Reply

#12: Esso    To: Dakmar (#10)

...does CC use Dual Clutch Automatic or CVT?

It's a 5-speed manual gearbox with an automatic clutch (no clutch pedal) I've heard it called a semi-automatic.

Esso posted on 2024-09-20 19:21:41   Reply   Private Reply

#13: Dakmar    To: Esso (#12)

Ah, the VW-matic thingy. I completely forgot about that.

Dakmar posted on 2024-09-20 19:25:00   Reply   Private Reply

#14: Esso    To: Dakmar (#11)

Dude, as much as you have invested in the CC you could have bought a 36kmi 1970 Torino Cobra with the fat tires, 429scj and 4:10 Detroit Locker.

It feels like I could've bought Mar-A-Lago. It is what it is, I won't do it again. Kimmy won't let me and I wanted to buy her a Tuk-Tuk. Her loss.

Esso posted on 2024-09-20 19:25:33   Reply   Private Reply

#15: Esso    To: Dakmar (#13)

Ah, the VW-matic thingy. I completely forgot about that.

It works like an automatic unless you use the paddle shifters.

Esso posted on 2024-09-20 19:29:37   Reply   Private Reply

#16: Dakmar    To: Esso (#12)

Select-Shift. That's it!

Ever study a Cord drivetrain? Front wheel drive, weird pre-selector dealie with its own oil pump

Dakmar posted on 2024-09-20 19:31:12   Reply   Private Reply

#17: Esso    To: Dakmar (#16)

My mother was a Cord nut. I built her a 1/24 810 model kit when I was a little kid and still didn't understand how plastic cement worked yet. It wasn't great, like yours are.

I wonder where that went? She still had it when she died. I was the executor.

Esso posted on 2024-09-20 19:42:12   Reply   Private Reply

#18: Dakmar    To: Esso (#17)

My mother was a Cord nut.

Guessing since I know you are from Fort Wayne your Mother may have been from same area and had friends or even family that worked for A-C-D.

Dakmar posted on 2024-09-20 19:49:41   Reply   Private Reply

#19: Esso    To: Dakmar (#18)

Mom used to say there was one trolling around FW that she's see. There was also an old Detroit Electric that made an impression on her.

Esso posted on 2024-09-20 19:54:30   Reply   Private Reply

#20: Dakmar    To: Esso (#19)

There was also an old Detroit Electric that made an impression on her.

Your Mom sounds like one impressive woman. Quite a bit older than I would have guessed, though :)

Dakmar posted on 2024-09-20 19:58:52   Reply   Private Reply

#21: Esso    To: Dakmar (#20)

Quite a bit older than I would have guessed, though

b. 1925, d. 2014. She'd be 99 this November.

Esso posted on 2024-09-20 20:02:51   Reply   Private Reply

#22: Dakmar    To: Esso (#21)

The Detroit Electric was an electric car produced by the Anderson Electric Car Company in Detroit, Michigan. The company built 13,000 electric cars from 1907 to 1939.

My calculations were based on the idea that no one really used electric cars after 1928 or so.

Dakmar posted on 2024-09-20 20:06:26   Reply   Private Reply

#23: Dakmar    To: Esso (#21)

b. 1925, d. 2014. She'd be 99 this November.

Same year my maternal grandmother was born. Lillian died in 2010.

Dakmar posted on 2024-09-20 20:09:07   Reply   Private Reply