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I would have figured the opposite. That data has made most all car-makers build cars that fit the same customer's needs; lower TCO, less maintenance, lasts muc
by pfranz 8y ago
I would have figured the opposite. That data has made most all car-makers build cars that fit the same customer's needs; lower TCO, less maintenance, lasts much longer. Japanese cars being reliable has been a known thing since the 70s. I feel like today it's fairly well known that most any car is reasonably safe, will last awhile, and have reasonable repair costs (excluding luxury cars).
- lotsofpulp 8y agoI’m under the impression that American brands are still terrible, and Japanese brands are still the go to for long term reliability and ease of maintenance. https://jalopnik.com/every-single-american-car-brand-is-on-the-bottom-half-o-1829974713 https://jalopnik.com/every-single-american-car-brand-is-on-t... I’m sure this is priced into buying used Japanese cars.
- pfranz 8y agoThanks for that info. I don't follow the car press so it's good to see some actual info. I do think a brand like Honda has the used car pricing built-in. Parts are definitely cheap and plentiful, but they still seem to put some parts in hard-to reach places (all companies seem to do this). But I don't think a head-to-head tells you if the lowest-ranking brand now is better or worse than the lowest-ranking brand from 20 years ago. I'm not saying all the brands are the same, but the reliability of the average (or any) car today seems significantly better than 20 or 30 years ago. I imagine the spread from best to worse is a lot more narrow.