Car vs. truck, not a fair comparison with any regular car on the market. I mean, how would your dinky F-350 stand up to one of these?
Posted on 04/12/2010 8:05:57 AM PDT by throwback
If you want to drive something dependable and long-lasting, steer clear of these vehicles.
With a 22% improvement in sales last month, and despite the six-month, $4.3 billion loss it announced Wednesday, General Motors is likely to have its strongest spring and summer in years. Plus, the automaker had critically acclaimed new products at the recent New York Auto Show and the much-anticipated Chevrolet Volt is due out this fall.
More from Forbes.com:
• In Depth: Worst-Made Cars On The Road
• Navigating Your Way Through Traffic
• Cars With the Best Gas Mileage
Year-over-year sales of GM's Cadillac division alone are up almost 76%; sales in the Buick, Chevrolet and GMC divisions were each up more than 40% for March. The industry as a whole was up 24.3%.
Unfortunately just because GM's cars are selling well now doesn't mean they're the best bet for durability or value -- yet. It'll take awhile before GM's new direction shows up in tangible new products at the dealership.
Four of the seven vehicles on our list of the worst-made cars on the road come from GM brands.
(Excerpt) Read more at finance.yahoo.com ...
My 98’ Suburban was a steaming pile of pig $hi*! Left me on the road multiple times...never again.
I test drove one last year with a bunch of other cars deemed green at a show. The cabin space is ok but the engine in it did not impress me. Perhaps this was after driving a Lexus hybrid SUV which was velvety smooth in comparison.
Slacker (LOL), my 96 ford areostar went 319,000 before I had to put it out to pasture last week.
Car vs. truck, not a fair comparison with any regular car on the market. I mean, how would your dinky F-350 stand up to one of these?
I’ll agree that Smart Cars don’t make a lot of sense for most American drivers, but in Europe, where all the cars are small, streets are narrow, and people don’t commute every day on freeways, they make a lot more sense. You just couldn’t drive something like a Suburban around Rome or London, and you’d never find a place to park it.
Sorry to hear that. What was the issue - or was it more than one thing? Those 350 V8s were pretty reliable...
Recently, I had occasion to pass by a nasty fatal 10-55. A compact car of some sort (I couldn't tell) had rear ended and run up under a Suburban. Both car + occupants looked like they had been mashed with a flyswatter.
They were getting out a tarp....lots of people standing around, waiting for a coroner, I'd imagine. I'm forever grateful to the cop who kept WBill Jr. entertained on the side of the car opposite from the accident....kept my kid from getting an eyeful that he was too young to get.
I value my family, more than I value an extra 25% savings on gas.
I wonder if safety only includes the people inside the vehicle, or takes into account the likelihood of doing harm to whoever you hit (which would pretty much be at the bottom of my priority list when picking a car)...
My old GF had a brand new CTS.
I had a nice 10 year old Infinity J30.
The J30 was just so much more comfortable to drive.
Thanks.
Fair does not exist on the highway, it only exists in the US federal governemnt.
I don’t own a F-350, I drive a super cool mini van. -_-
I did once see a guy on the I-10 get cut off in the front by an 18 wheeler that wasn’t paying attention. He got pissed, pulled in front of the 18 wheeler, and then jammed on his brakes about 3 feet in front of the rig. Luckily for him, the 18 wheeler saw him that time.
This past December, my granddma crossed a busy street in her 2007 Ford Focus. She pulled in front of a van doing 40 mph, which then stuck her car broadside on the driver’s door. There was no damage to the van, and even though the Focus was totalled, the visual damage didn’t seem too extreme. She lived for 14 hours after that impact.
There is no fair comparison on the highway. The only comparison is did you survive what hit you?
I’ve got a 2006 GMC Canyon (aka Chevrolet Colorado) and I love it. I’ve had problems with the radio (the CD quits playing, won’t even attempt to play some CD’s), the engine freaked out at 30,000 or so (some computer component), the 3rd tail-light leaked water, and now the A/C control stops working on #2 or #3, sometimes - sometimes it just kicks on!
However, even with ‘all that’, it’s been a great truck. I’ve had good service from the dealers I’ve taken it to (since purchasing it in Aug 2007, brand new with 90 miles on it). I just turned over 69,000 miles today on it.
Heh, they may make sense in New Orleans too, and for the same reasons.
What’s wrong with “Consumer Reports”?...............
Not to mention that Jeep Wranglers are not cars designed for city and highway driving, they are off road vehicles. Bouncy, with the aerodynamics of a brick on the highway, they really come alive off road when the stiff springs and shocks suddenly smooth out on rough terrain.
My wife’s car. 2008 VW New Beetle Convertible. Less than six months after we got it the A/C compressor went out. Other warranty issues, computer had to be reprogrammed (dash indicators not working), tip-tronic shifter switch bad, both door lock switches broken, and a headlight that I couldn’t get to to change it.
Last time I buy a Mexican built German car.
Why is refusing to support an anti capitalist organization a decision based "purely on emotion"?
And, it wasn't a bailout - it was a government takeover.
I haven't really paid them much mind for about 10 years.
I think Edmunds.com does a better job of reviewing cars and trucks; they provide both professional reviews and user reviews. I find the latter much more informative.
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