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The Most Reliable Used-Car Brands in 2025
Visual Capitalist ^ | 05/08/2025 | Marcus Lu

Posted on 05/08/2025 8:26:14 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

In today’s environment, buying a new car has become a stretch for many households - fueling demand in the used-car market.

But not all used vehicles are created equal, and reliability plays a major role in long-term ownership costs.

For buyers looking to avoid expensive repairs down the road, brand reputation is more important than ever.

In this graphic, Visual Capitalist's Marcus Lu ranked the best used-car brands of 2025, using data from Consumer Reports.

Data & Methodology

To come up with these reliability scores, Consumer Reports asked its members to report how many problems they’ve had with their vehicles over the past 12 months.

This analysis focused only on cars from the 2015 to 2020 model year, with a sample size of over 150,000 vehicles.

From this data we can see that Japanese brands are generally the most reliable when buying used, with the lowest ranked Japanese brand being Subaru, in ninth place. Toyota and its luxury arm, Lexus, hold the top two spots, while Honda and Acura come in fourth and fifth.

Brands like Lexus and Toyota have a history of conservative redesigns, incrementally improving their entire product line rather than introducing many all-new systems. Our data consistently shows over time that cars from those brands are reliable when new, and they continue to be reliable as they age.

Steven Elek, Senior Automotive Data Analyst at Consumer Reports

Top Used-Car Picks in 2025

​Consumer Reports has released its latest list of top used-car picks, all of which offer good reliability, safety, and value across various price points. These selections are based on comprehensive road tests and owner satisfaction surveys.

For more detailed information and additional recommendations, visit the full article on Consumer Reports.

If you enjoyed this post, check out our ranking of the most reliable new-car brands based on data from J.D. Power.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Society; Travel
KEYWORDS: automotive; cars; reliability; reliable; usedcars
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To: SeekAndFind

6th place to an American company called 555? Never heard of them..

KN is Korean? Ilways figured they’d be one of the cheap crappy Chinese brands, with the stupid looking logo.


61 posted on 05/09/2025 8:43:37 AM PDT by Svartalfiar (-)
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To: 1Old Pro

And SAAB was bought by GM, who obliterated the company.


62 posted on 05/09/2025 9:24:50 AM PDT by kaktuskid
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To: Zuriel

Sorry for your son 🤣. That’s also why no sane person keeps a Range Rover past it’s warranty…..


63 posted on 05/09/2025 9:58:51 AM PDT by Lockbox (politicians, they all seemed like game show host to me.... Sting)
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To: SuperLuminal

Wow. His lucky day!


64 posted on 05/09/2025 10:02:28 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam (It's hard not to celebrate the fall of bad people. - Bongino)
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To: kaktuskid
And SAAB was bought by GM, who obliterated the company.

Killed it good.

65 posted on 05/09/2025 10:05:48 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: Lockbox

Ha! My sis and her husband bought an early 2000s Land Rover, used in 2010 I think.

They love it... when everything is working right. Nothing major, but even smaller repairs are too common, and usually a pain according to sis.


66 posted on 05/09/2025 11:04:15 AM PDT by Zuriel (Acts 2:38,39....Do you believe it?)
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To: Zuriel

Well, you know what Rolls-Royce says when you call them and say your car broke down? They’ll say it didn’t break down, it just failed to proceed.


67 posted on 05/09/2025 11:14:38 AM PDT by Lockbox (politicians, they all seemed like game show host to me.... Sting)
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To: catnipman

Yea I think that this list is BS...


68 posted on 05/09/2025 12:13:31 PM PDT by mowowie
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