"However, a thorough redesign in 2006 has the Lexus IS poised to once again challenge the long standing dominance of BMWs Bavarian dynamo."
"Chevrolet makes several significant changes to the 2006 Chevrolet TrailBlazer, helping to keep it in the hunt against rapidly improving competitors."
"A set of new advanced front airbags with front-passenger detection completes the changes for the 2005 Lexus GX 470."
Problem: There is little mention of reliability in the reviews. While I do not disagree with many of the choices, I would like to see data that support the reliability claim.
Neither of my cars are on the list. Therefore I don’t believe it.
;P
Any list that has the PT Loser or any Chrysler product as “most reliable” rings the bogus bell for me.
When news is unreliable and profitability depends on consumer ignorance, what’s a good person to do?
The best car I ever owned was a 1990 Nissan Maxima. The worst car I ever owned was a 1996 Nissan Maxima. Both were bought new.
That 90 model I traded was far tighter and rattle-free at 175K miles, than the 96 was at 10k miles. If it weren’t for those dumb, electric motorized mouse-track shoulder belts, I would have kept it. But, it was “time,” I’d had a great experience with the previous model, and I still got burned.
There are variables above and beyond the averages reported for a specific make and model.
kind of a meaningless study/list. Most cars are fairly reliable in that period. ... What really matters is not reliability in the first few months.
What matters is how reliable is your ride down the road in the 3rd, 4th, 5th year, for example.