I'm looking for a new car (1st time ever!) and I need your help in narrowing it down a little bit by telling me how good auto makers are. I've listed most of the ones I can think of below and put an N/A beside the ones that I cannot afford. So if you will please rank them from 1-5. 5 being "Great" and 1 being "Don't Even Think About It." You can help me further narrow it down by saying which model(s) are good under the manufacturer(s) you list as good or great and telling why you gave certain manufacturer(s) a poor rating. Please help me narrow my search and here is the list: Acura - N/A AM General Aston Martin - N/A Audi - N/A Bentley - N/A BMW - N/A Buick Cadillac - N/A Chevrolet Chrysler Daewoo Dodge Eagle Ferrari - N/A Ford Geo GMC Honda Hummer - N/A Hyundai Infiniti - N/A Isuzu Jaguar - N/A Jeep Kia Lamborghini - N/A Land Rover - N/A Lexus - N/A Lincoln - N/A Maybach - N/A Mazda Mercedes-Benz - N/A Mercury MINI Mitsubishi Nissan Oldsmobile Plymouth Pontiac Porsche - N/A Rolls Royce - N/A Saab Saturn Scion Subaru Suzuki Toyota Volkswagen Volvo I think that's all of them. Well guys, help me out. Thanks for any and all info.
I'm a big fan of Nissan's, but just about any Japanese car is a solid car these days. I've also been loving the new designs that Ford and Dodge have come out with. If you can afford the 2005 Mustang, that'd be my choice, or a Nissan 350Z. Chevy's suck.
Having worked on both Fords and Chevys myself, I give a great edge to Chevy every day of the week and twice on Sundays. The good thing about GM products is, they are easy and usually inexpensive to work on, especially their truck/SUV models. Toyota and Nissan are your top imports IMO. Here is my top 5: 1. Nissan/Infiniti 2. Toyota/Lexus 3. Acura 4. Volvo 5. GM I'd stay away from Volkswagen and Chrysler products.
Many families have very strict loyalties to one brand or another. My family was a big GM family. We owned nothing but chevys for a long time. To us, Ford stood for Fixed Or Repaired Daily. Of course, I grew up and refused to have anything to do with domestic cars. Don't really care for their ridiculous depreciation or shoddy reliability. So I drive a Honda.
Go to JD Powers' website - they rank them on initial quality, customer satisfaction, etc. But you didn't say what you were looking for, so what the hell are we basing the rankings on - cool emblems?
RollsRoyce Bentley Ferrari Maybach Lamborghini Porsche Aston Martin Mercedes-Benz Audi BMW Jaguar Volvo Saab Land Rover The rest are crap!
This proud Jetta owner has a piece of advise; stay away from VW. Ya they are cute and fast and the engine is reliable, but the joy diminishes quickly when you have to fack with all the annoying crap on the interior that keeps failing like the power windows and sun roof and plastic coatings peeling again. My next car is going to be a Hyundai... with a 100K mile bumper to bumper warranty (will cost me a bit extra to bump up from the 50K bumper to bumper and 100K powertrain, but well worth it.) Have you seen the Hyundai's? You could afford that. #1 in customer satisfaction.
honda, toyota, acura, nissan, in no particular order then i guess the germans and mitsubishi, well nowadays the hyundis too. then ford, chevy and mercury(all suck)
Hope this helps From consumer reports Make Problems per 100 vehicles New vehicles Problems with 2003s Lexus 9 Infiniti 10 Honda 10 Toyota 11 Acura 13 Mazda 13 Buick 13 Saturn 14 Hyundai 14 Nissan 14 Pontiac 15 Dodge 16 Saab 16 Kia 16 Jeep 16 Average model 17 Chrysler 17 Ford 17 Subaru 17 Mercury 18 BMW 19 Volkswagen 19 Chevrolet 19 Audi 20 Volvo 20 Mercedes-Benz 22 GMC 24 Mini* 25 Cadillac 25 Hummer* 26 Jaguar 30 Lincoln 31 Three-year-old vehicles Problems with 2001s Infiniti 21 Lexus 23 Toyota 24 Acura 28 Honda 35 Subaru 36 Mazda 39 Mitsubishi 41 Nissan 41 Buick 48 Saab 50 BMW 51 Lincoln 54 Average model 54 Hyundai 56 Mercury 57 Ford 58 Saturn 58 Jeep 58 Chevrolet 59 Dodge 60 Chrysler 60 Audi 60 Volvo 62 GMC 63 Oldsmobile 64 Pontiac 64 Volkswagen 78 Mercedes-Benz 79 Cadillac 91 Five-year-old vehicles Problems with 1999s Infiniti 24 Lexus 32 Acura 34 Toyota 35 Nissan 46 Subaru 51 Honda 53 Mazda 54 BMW 60 Saturn 62 Lincoln 72 Buick 72 Saab 74 Ford 75 Average model 79 Mercury 82 Cadillac 82 Mercedes-Benz 87 Chrysler 88 Dodge 90 Chevrolet 92 Plymouth 95 Volvo 95 GMC 95 Audi 98 Jeep 99 Pontiac 99 Oldsmobile 108 Volkswagen 138
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Well I was wanting opinions, facts, your experiences with the models you have and do own or used, etc.
Every car my families have bought with the exception of 2 of them is toyota. In another word 7/9 cars is toyota. Get Toyota.
OK. I've owned several Honda's, and they run forever, even if they aren't well taken care of. I've had Toyota's I've loved and some I've hated. I think they are excellent, overall. Nissan is a good make, and Mazda has moved up a lot in quality. (they are also cheaper) Subaru is a good choice if you want all-wheel drive, All their cars and mini-suv's come with it. As for the rest? They are more expensive or less reliable, or both, imo. edit: I grew up in a Ford/Merc family. Fords rule!! (buy Japanese)
My Ford F150 is the best vehicle I've ever had. It's virtually problem free. I would never buy a Japanese truck. But I'd defer to Codell who actually used to work on these things.
