Your thinking here seems to be a bit confused. You said, "the data comes from .. consumer reports. Not actual data, but surveys of people's thoughts." But that

Your thinking here seems to be a bit confused. You said, "the data comes from .. consumer reports. Not actual data, but surveys of people's thoughts." But that is incorrect. It's not a survey of people's "thoughts." Survey participants: "are asked to identify problems that they considered serious (because of cost, failure, safety, or downtime). We ask them to include problems covered by warranty, but not the ones resulting from accident damage or due solely to recall. Respondents check off problems from a list of trouble areas, ranging from the engine and transmission to climate system, brakes, electrical system, and electrical accessories..."[0] Can you explain how this is "not actual data"? If it isn't, what would you expect instead -- that Consumer Reports buy a statistically significant number of all cars by all manufacturers every year and drive every single one thousands of miles and then calculate the reliability of each one? 0. https://www.consumerreports.org/cars/car-reliability-owner-satisfaction/consumer-reports-car-reliability-faq-a1099917197/ https://www.consumerreports.org/cars/car-reliability-owner-s...