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I've never bought a piece of carp ... although we did use the ones we caught in the river to bury in our garden for fertilizer.
Posted on 10/27/2010 9:21:41 AM PDT by ThinkingBuddha
While Honda and Toyota still dominate in reliability, General Motors has improved considerably in our latest predicted-reliability Ratings. Those are the findings of our 2010 Annual Auto Survey, based on subscribers' experiences with 1.3 million vehicles.
While some GM nameplates had been among the least reliable brands in past years, they now rank above some major European competitors. But as a company, GM is still far from tops in reliability.
Across GM brands (Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, and GMC), 69 percent of models had average or better reliability. Cadillac improved the most, rising seven places from last year's ranking. Chevrolet had its best showing in years; 83 percent of models had average or better scores in predicted reliability, up from 50 percent Also noteworthy:
The major Asian brands are still doing well overall. All models from Acura, Honda, Hyundai, Infiniti, Scion, and Toyota have at least average predicted reliability.
Ford continues to be the most reliable American automaker. Ninety percent of Fords, including Lincoln models, have at least average reliability.
Chrysler remains the lowest-ranked manufacturer in our survey. We can recommend only one of its vehicles, the four wheel-drive Dodge Ram 1500.
While European reliability had been improving, momentum seems to have stalled. All Porsche and Volvo models are rated average or better. But Audi, BMW, and Mercedes-Benz are among the worst automakers overall.
The Porsche Boxster has the best predicted reliability in our survey, while the Audi A6 3.0T and Jaguar XF have the worst....
(Excerpt) Read more at autos.yahoo.com ...
I no longer care about GM reliability. I will not buy or own a GM product manufactured after the Bailout. Ever. GM is dead to me. I still might get a used GM from pre-bailout, but I won’t even support the resale value of a Government Motors vehicle.
Ford continues to be the most reliable American automaker
Consumers Union, the entity that publishes Consumers Report is a 501 nonprofit with 100’s of millions in the bank. They are one of the most glaring examples of a business pretending to be a charity. Why should they be subsidized by the US taxpayer?
I’ve been posting here for years about the abuses of the US nonprofit corporation laws. Way too many of these entities are in business to enrich their handlers or push a political agenda. Few nonprofits clothe, feed or house human beings.
I have no issue with Consumers Report. It is a fine publication. My issue is that the company that publishes it is tax exempt and that makes no sense at all.
Not very scientific analysis. I have long been suspect of Consumer Reports method of rating cars. If you paid $60,000 for your car wouldn't you be biased to give it a good review rather than say I was a fool and bought a piece of carp for $60k.
Even if I could get a great price on a GM Corvette, I wouldn't regret sticking with honest companies. I don't deal with crooks, and only a crook would have agreed to the shockingly corrupt arrangement that allowed GM/UAW/Obama to bypass contract law and transfer assets that belonged to other people into the hands of Obama's followers or to work for that corrupt organization after the fact.
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I've never bought a piece of carp ... although we did use the ones we caught in the river to bury in our garden for fertilizer.
What is far more important is the lack of inventory on the floor at Ford showrooms. We’re in the market for a car, went to price out the Lincolns and really nothing available until the new models come in. Bought a new Infinity for under $30K. Take that UAW, I got a beauty without the beast.
Put a gun to my head and I still spit in uncle commie’s face when it comes to buying a Government Motors car. I’m driving one now, but only because I bought it ten years ago when I still clung to the “buy American” line.
When a company is stupid enough to coin an operational philosophy of “Planned Obsolescence”, while their competition builds the most reliable cars and trucks on the planet, that company is doomed.
GM was unbelievably incompetent enough to do both. They do not deserve to be in the marketplace.
I will NEVER buy an American car, ever. My experiences with American cars was highly unsatisfactory, while my Toyota/Lexus experiences have been superior in every category. 312k miles on my Lexus and aside from batteries, tires, shocks, spark plugs and belts; everything else is factory.
297k miles on my Toyota pickup, and that is considered ‘normal’ for Toyota pickups.
There is no reason to even consider, or entertain the idea of buying an American car. Proven reliability verses proven mediocrity.
That ain't saying much, given my experience with my one and only Ford - two transmissions, total electical failure in the instrument panel, and a $10,000 hit on tradein after just over two years kinda soured me on their sh*t.
The GM and Chrysler products were not on the radar screen
If you were a subscriber, you would receive an annual survey. This survey has dozens of questions about each of your cars. Stuff like make, model and year. Then if you had any repairs done, what the repair was and how much it cost. Then questions about if this repair was related to another failure or accident. Then questions about how the matter was handled, impressions on driving, braking, comfort and how reliable you feel the car is.
Every year, the same set of questions for each of your cars. Over time, failure trends emerge and are tallied. If you have a $60K car that is in the shop year after year, you will record your opinions, and companies such as Jaguar show a sharp decline in owner satisfaction while Lexus, Acura and Infinity remain very high.
The Ridgeline totally rocks. That truck makes me want to trade my beloved Tacoma in, and that is the highest compliment I can think of.
Back during the 80’s Consumer Reports got caught fudging their results on a model they hadn’t even seen. I can’t remember what make it was, but the mfr. was an American company. When caught, CR explained that they just guessed that the new model wouldn’t be any better than its predecessor. Don’t always believe these guys.
I just hope Ford doesn’t ever get back on the radical pro-gay bandwagon again. As it is I will probably be buying used Fords from independent dealers anyway, to save money.
I eventually got the Ridgeline and are Lovin’ It
The short bed requires getting used to,
but the in-bed trunk is a great touch
Handles vastly better than any truck I've owned
No quality problems yet - but only ~6k mi. driven
I’d love to have one of the Town Cars in black mid 80s
vintage, with a ‘Mafia Staff Car’ sticker on the back.
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