[Wombat101]

Probably because a Yukon, with that GM engine, can be expected to run much longer than an inferior Ford product.

Give GM it's due: their products may rust, shake apart, disintegrate, and eventually be reclaimed by the earth, but that engine (assuming a reasonable level of maintainance) will start every time you put the key in the ignition. You simply cannot kill a GM engine, short of gross abuse or explosives.

You can't say that about a Ford, which requires a prayer in order to start, if it's over three years old.

[1L]

Depends on the engine. In the '80s, it was Ford with the best V-8s and inline 6's (not sure if Chevy had that or not). The only real thing Chevy had was a good 350, and halfway decent 400s and 454s, but I don't know what vehicles those went in (if they went into anything). The 305 was horrific, as was anything smaller.

The Ford had a good inline 6, a great 302, a great 351, and a good 460 -- if you wanted something that measured in gallons per mile! Ford had better fuel injection back then as well.

[Alberta's Child]

I've got a 12 year-old Explorer with nearly 300,000 miles on it -- and the powertrain is in fantastic shape. I had a mechanic do a compression test on the engine, and he thought his equipment was malfunctioning because the results were consistent with a vehicle that had about 60,000 miles on it.

Ford may not have a great reputation in some areas, but that 4.0-liter V-6 in their old Explorers was a fantastic engine.

[jjmcgo]

This is so true. I've run four GM 350s over 300,000 miles. Defintely one of the best engines ever built.

[eraser2005]

I can.... :)

9 year old Taurus with the 3.0L Vulcan, AX4N transmission, 100k miles.

My most expensive repair? A noisy idler pulley. Total repair cost has been $200 over 9 years. Its never failed to start, its never stalled out, its never left me stranded anywhere. Trans pan was spotless on the last fluid change and the dino oil comes out looking almost good as new every 3k.