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The following table provides a breakdown of entries by auto manufacturer for the above Best of 1990 and Worst of 1990 tables.

Percentage of Entries in the Best of 1990 Table That Were Products of the Listed Manufacturer   Percentage of Entries in the Worst of 1990 Table That Were Products of the Listed Manufacturer
Auto Manufacturer Percentage Auto Manufacturer Percentage
Toyota 50% Toyota 0%
Honda 37.5% Honda 0%
Nissan 0% Nissan 0%
Mazda 12.5% Mazda 0%
Mitsubishi 0% Mitsubishi 0%
Volvo 0% Volvo 0%
Ford 0% Ford 36%
Volkswagen 0% Volkswagen 0%
Chrysler 0% Chrysler 29%
General Motors 0% General Motors 35%
Other 0% Other 0%
Total 100% Total 100%
In the computation of the above percentages, a model entry for which only one year of data was available was counted as a one-half entry. For reference, see Methodology. In the computation of the above percentages, a model entry for which only one year of data was available was counted as a one-half entry. For reference, see Methodology.

A model's Reliability Percentrank is a ranking of that model's Reliability Score relative to all other Reliability Scores for the given model year and age range. The percentrank was computed using the Percentrank function of Microsoft's Excel 2002 and, as the first part of the compound word percentrank suggests, is a value between 0.00 and 1.00. If a model's Reliability Percentrank is near 0.00, it has a very low Reliability Score, and if a Percentrank is near 1.00, it has a high Reliability Score. For a more detailed explanation of Reliability Percentranks and Reliability Scores, click here to be taken to the Methodology page.

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Best and Worst of 1995 Best and Worst of 1996 Best and Worst of 1997 Best and Worst of 1998 Best and Worst of 1999 Best and Worst of 2000 Best and Worst of 2001
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Table I: Number and Percentage of Entries in CR's 2007 Much-Worse-Than-Average List, by Manufacturer
Auto Manufacturer Number of Entries Percent of Entires
General Motors Corporation 14 36.8%
DaimlerChrysler AG 7* 18.4%
Ford Motor Company 6** 15.8%
Volkswagen AG 5 13.2%
Nissan Motor Company 3 7.9%
BMW AG 2 5.3%
Kia Motors Corporation 1 2.6%
All Others 0 0%
* Three are from DaimlerChrysler's North American Chrysler group and four are from the Mercedes-Benz division.
** Two are from Ford's North American group, two are from the Jaguar division, one is from the Land Rover division, and one is from the Volvo division.
Source: "CR Bad Bets," Consumer Reports, April 2007, p. 81

Additional Charts and Tables appear below the list of news articles.

Some Auto News Articles:

August 2007: The 2007 Reliability-Durability Updates: For Vehicles 2-to-3 Years Old, Toyota and Honda Account for 14 of 16 Best, GM - 18 of 57 Worst
August 2007: The 2007 Reliability-Durability Updates: For Vehicles 3-to-5 Years Old, Toyota and Honda Account for 18 of 19 Best, GM - 24 of 61 Worst
August 2007: The 2007 Reliability-Durability Updates: For Vehicles 3-to-5 Years Old, Toyota and Honda Account for 18 of 19 Best, GM - 24 of 61 Worst
July 2007: The 2007 Reliability-Durability Updates: For Vehicles 4-to-6 Years Old, Toyota and Honda Account for 17 of 17 Best, GM - 24 of 56 Worst: Will a Typical Toyota at 13 Years of Age Be as Troublesome as a Typical GM at 3 Years of Age?
July 2007: The 2007 Reliability-Durability Updates: For Vehicles 5-to-7 Years Old, Toyota and Honda Account for 12 of 13 Best, GM - 19 of 48 Worst: Will a Typical Toyota at 21 Years of Age Be as Troublesome as a Typical GM at 3 Years of Age?
July 2007: The 2007 Reliability-Durability Updates: For Vehicles 6-to-8 Years Old, Toyota and Honda Account for 13 of 13 Best, GM - 18 of 43 Worst: Will a Typical Toyota at 19 Years of Age Be as Troublesome as a Typical GM at 3 Years of Age?
July 2007: The 2007 Reliability-Durability Updates: For Vehicles 7-to-9 Years Old, Toyota and Honda Account for 11 of 12 Best, GM - 22 of 41 Worst: Will a Typical Toyota at 30 Years of Age Be as Troublesome as a Typical GM at 3 Years of Age?
June 2007: The J.D. Power Surveys: Gleaning Values from Things That May Be Worth, Individually, Something Close to Nothing: GM in the Dumps Again
May 2007: In 2007, Toyota and Honda Dominate Most Reliable List with 10 of 11 Best, GM Dominates Least Reliable List with 7 of 10 Worst
May 2007: Toyota Reliability Drops Some, But Toyota-GM Gap Remains Near Record
April 2007: The Best Models by CR's 2007 History of Reliability Verdicts: The Reliable Two Shine; Big Three Score Zip
April 2007: Toyota and Honda Dominate CR's 2007 Top Picks and Alternates; Nissan's Infiniti Division Accounts for CR's Upscale and Luxury Top Picks; Big Three Score Zip
April 2007: The Reliable Two Dominate Greenest Dozen; Big Three Score Zip
March 2007: Toyota and Honda Increase Dominance of Consumer Reports' Good Bets List: Toyota's Best Widen Quality Gap
March 2007: Chevrolet Upholds a Tradition: GM's Chevrolet Line Worst by CR's 2007 Vehicles-to-Avoid List
March 2007: GM Expands Lead on CR's Used-Cars-to-Avoid List, a Tad
March 2007: GM Maintains Leadership in Much-Worse-Than-Average: A Guide to Making Sales Challenging
February 2007: Does GM Mean Junk of the 7th Level of Abomination?
January 2007: Toyota Expands Dominance on Durability Measure
January 2007: Big Three Dominate 2006 and Cumulative U.S. Safety Recalls
September 2006: Reliability Updates: Toyota and Honda Still Tops, But Lose Luster; General Motors Still Worst of Major Auto Manufacturers; Hyundai Clobbers GM Yet Again
September 2006: Reliability Updates: Best and Worst Cars and Trucks Tables: A Chart Summary
August 2006: Reliability Updates: For Vehicles 4-to-6 Years Old, Toyota Accounts for 8 of 14 Best, GM - 19 of 47 Worst
August 2006: Reliability Updates: For Vehicles 3-to-5 Years Old, Toyota Accounts for 13 of 15 Best, GM - 17 of 47 Worst
August 2006: Toyota Dominates Auto on Info's Rosters of High Mileage Vehicles; Honda Places Second: Another Auto Manufacturer Durability Award for Each
August 2006: Ford Announces Recall of 1.2 Million More Incendiaries, But No New Relief for Owners of GM's Runaways, Collapsing Tailgates, and Engine Knockers
August 2006: Moody's Cuts Ford Debt Two Notches Deeper into Junk: Which of the Big Two Will Win the Race to Bankruptcy?
August 2006: In the U.S. in July 2006, Toyota Sales Surge to New Monthly Record and Past Ford's; Legendary Corolla Sales Soar Again; Honda Sales Jump Past Previous July Record; Big Three Sales Remain In or Near Friction-Free Free Fall, But GM's Prospect of Multiple Bankruptcy Filings Dims Again
June 2006: S&P Cuts Ford Debt Deeper into Junk: Which of the Big Two Will Win the Race to Bankruptcy?
June 2006: Moody's and S&P Cut GM Creditworthiness Deeper into Junk
June 2006: Fitch Cuts Ford Debt Deeper into Junk, but GM Retains Solid Lead in Race to Bankruptcy
June 2006: J.D. Power Announces Results for Its 90-Day-Ownership Survey: A Guide for Those Planning to Own a New Vehicle for 90 Days or Less
June 2006: Coolant Gives GM Heat
June 2006: In the U.S. in May 2006, Reliable Two and Legendary Corolla Sales Soar Past Previous Records; Big Three Sales Take a Step into Friction-Free Free Fall; Accelerated Consumer Shift to Quality and Out of GM Products Puts Prospect of Multiple Bankruptcy Filings on GM's Horizon
June 2006: Toyota and Honda Dominate CR's 2006 Higher-Reliability, Higher-Owner-Satisfaction Quick Picks; Big Three Score Zip
May 2006: Toyota and Honda Account for 75% of CR's Top Picks, Alternatives, and Runners-up; Subaru and Nissan Account for Balance; Big Three Score Zip
April 2006: In 2006, Toyota and Honda Rule Most Reliable List with 10 of 10 Best, GM Dominates Least Reliable List with 6 of 10 Worst: Reliability Gap Grows
April 2006: In the U.S. in March 2006, Consumers Continue Their March to Quality: Reliable Two Sales Set New March Records; GM Sales Plunge; Ford Sales Drop
March 2006: Consumer Shift to Quality Gives Reliable Two Nearly Half of Global Market Capitalization and Leaves GM with 2%
March 2006: Toyota Reliability Takes Another Leap Up; Honda's Too; Toyota-GM Reliability Gap Sets Another Record: Will GM Bottom?
March 2006: GM Expands Lead in Race to Bankruptcy: Fitch Cuts GM's Credit a Notch Deeper into Junk, Puts Post-Filing Bond Recovery at 30% to 50%
February 2006: GM Strengthens Lead in Race to Bankruptcy: Moody's Cuts GM's Credit a Notch Deeper into Junk
February 2006: Chevrolet Reliability Worst of Big Three Brands, by CR Measures
February 2006: Into the Pits and Down and Under Charges the General; General Motors Sets Record Share of CR's Much-Worse-Than-Average
February 2006: In the U.S. in January 2006, Reliable Two Sales Soar to Set New January Sales Records; GM and Ford Dodge Plunge with Huge, Premature Fleet Sales, but GM's Market Share Still Drops a Notch; Toyota RAV4 Overtakes Honda CR-V with Dramatic Sales Surge
January 2006: U.S. President Bush Says GM and Ford Must Make a Relevant Product, But Can They and Should They Try?
January 2006: Toyota Overwhelmingly Dominates Another Measure of Durability
January 2006: By WSJ's Lot-Stay Time, Made-in-Japan TMC Models Are Top 5 of Hottest 10
January 2006: Ford Cuts GM Lead in Race to Insolvency: Which Big Three Will Go Bust First?
January 2006: Ford Narrows Gap in GM-Ford Race to Bankruptcy
January 2006: In 2005, U.S. Consumer Shift to Quality Continues at Quickened Pace, But GM and Ford Avoid Disastrous Market Share Plunges with Big Discounts and Huge Financial Losses: Is a Big Three Product Worth a Dime?
January 2006: In December 2005, U.S. Consumer Shift to Quality Races On: Toyota Sets New December Sales Record, GM and Ford Sales Plunge
December 2005: Ford's Debt Cut to Junk by Fitch, but GM Retains Big Lead in Race to Bankruptcy
December 2005: Relentless U.S. Consumer Shift to Quality Prompts S&P to Cut GM Debt Deeper into Junk
December 2005: By CR's Predicted Short-Term Reliability for Model Year 2006, Toyota and Honda Dominate Best, GM and Ford Dominate Worst
October 2005: Parts Division Jettisoned by GM Files Chapter 11 Bankruptcy; S&P Cuts GM's Debt Deeper into Junk
September 2005: Fire Hazard Prompts Ford to Recall 4 Million Vehicles
September 2005: Moody's Cuts GM and Ford Debt to Junk
August 2005: For 2-to-3-Year-Old Model Year 2002 Vehicles, Toyota Garners 6 of Top 9, General Motors - 13 of Bottom 45
August 2005: For Vehicles 2-to-4 Years Old, Toyota Garners 11 of Top 16, General Motors - 16 of Bottom 40
August 2005: For Vehicles 3-to-5 Years Old, Toyota Garners 9 of Top 14, Honda - 5 of Top 14, and General Motors - 19 of Bottom 44
August 2005: For Vehicles 4-to-6 Years Old, Toyota Garners 6 of Top 10, General Motors Garners 15 of Bottom 38
August 2005: For Vehicles 5-to-7 Years Old, Honda Garners 5 of Top 9, Toyota - 4 of Top 9, and General Motors - 19 of Bottom 38
August 2005: For Vehicles 6-to-8 Years Old, Toyota Garners 7 of Top 10 Reliability Percentranks, General Motors Gathers 23 of Lowest 36
August 2005: Speediest Dilapidations: General Motors Accounts for 16 of the 20 Worst
August 2005: By WSJ's Lot Stay Time, Toyota Has 8 of Hottest 12
August 2005: Toyota Dominates Auto on Info's Rosters of High Mileage Vehicles; Honda Places Second: Another Auto Manufacturer Durability Award for Each
August 2005: In the U.S. in July 2005, Reliable Two and Nissan Sales Soar on Quality; Big Three Sales Soar on Discounts
July 2005: Another Ford Fire: Park That Ford on the Street! IV
July 2005: Toyota and BMW Among World's 20 Most Innovative Companies; Toyota, Mercedes-Benz, BMW, and Honda Brand Names Among World's 20 Most Valuable
July 2005: As Fires Mount, NHTSA Puts the Heat on Ford: Park That Ford on the Street! III
May 2005: Does 'GM' Mean 'Junk'?
May 2005: Toyota-Big Three Quality Gap Huge, and Growing
May 2005: Toyota and Honda Rule Most Reliable List with 12 of 12 Best, GM Dominates Least Reliable List with 8 of 11 Worst
May 2005: With U.S. Consumer Shift toward Quality Unabated, S&P Cuts GM and Ford's Debt to Junk
May 2005: In the U.S. in April 2005, Quality Four Sales Soar, GM and Ford Continue Free Fall
May 2005: Park That Ford on the Street!
May 2005: General Motors Vehicles Hit with Another Safety Investigation: NHTSA to Investigate 1.3 Million GM Pickup Trucks and SUVs for Corroding Brake Part
April 2005: King of Recalls Recalls Again: General Motors Leaps Past Ford with Recall of 2 Million Vehicles, Including 1.5 Million 2003-2005 SUVs and Pickups
April 2005: Consumer Shift Toward Quality Gives Honda Market Capitalization Greater Than GM's and Ford's Combined
April 2005: Moody's Cuts GM Long-Term Debt Rating to One Notch Above Junk, Puts Ford Debt Under Review
April 2005: General Motors Models Dominate Flop Survey
April 2005: Himmel vs. Ford Motor
April 2005: Part of GM's Repair Kit - A Very Bloodied Ax
April 2005: In the U.S. in March 2005, Toyota and Nissan Sales Advance, Ford and GM Sales Drop
April 2005: General Motors' Dominion - Down & Under
March 2005: Additional Measures of Toyota's Dominion in Automotive Quality: Market Capitalizations and Bond Ratings of Toyota vs. General Motors, Ford, DaimlerChrysler, and Volkswagen
March 2005: Toyota and Honda Dominate Consumer Reports 2005 Overall Quick Pick List; Big Three Score Zip
March 2005: Models Engineered by Toyota and Honda Dominate Consumer Reports Fuel Economy Quick Pick List; Big Three-Engineered Models Score Zip
March 2005: Toyota and Honda Dominate Consumer Reports Owner Satisfaction Quick Pick List; Big Three Score Zip
March 2005: GM's Bond Rating, Bond Outlook, Common Stock, and Market Cap Take a Tumble, Reports WSJ
March 2005: General Motors Slashes 2005 Earnings Estimate, S&P Cuts GM's Outlook to Negative
March 2005: General Motors Dominates List of Models with Highest Death Rates
March 2005: General Motors and Chrysler Dominate Consumer Reports Used-Cars-To-Avoid List
March 2005: General Motors Dominates Consumer Reports Much-Worse-Than-Average Reliability List, Again
March 2005: Toyota and Honda Again Dominate Consumer Reports Good Bets List
March 2005: Toyota Dominates Consumer Reports Reliability Quick Pick List; Big Three Score Zip
October 2004: Is GM King of Junk?
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Cumulative Number of Auto on Info Auto Manufacturer Awards for Motor Vehicle Quality   Cumulative Number of First Place Positions in Auto on Info's Auto Manufacturer Awards for Motor Vehicle Quality
Auto Manufacturer Awards Auto Manufacturer First Place Positions
Toyota 42 Toyota 39
Honda 34 Honda 5
Mercedes-Benz 2 Mercedes-Benz 0
Nissan 1 Nissan 0
BMW 1 BMW 0
Volvo 1 Volvo 0
General Motors 0 General Motors 0
Ford 0 Ford 0
Chrysler 0 Chrysler 0
This table is current as of 14 August 2007. This table is current as of 14 August 2007.
Shares of Consumer Reports' 2005 Quick Picks, by Auto Manufacturer and Motor Vehicle Line
Manufacturer Share of 2005 Reliability Quick Picks Share of 2005 Owner Satisfaction Quick Picks Share of 2005 Fuel Economy Quick Picks Share of 2005 Overall Quick Picks
  Vehicle Line
Toyota .63 .47 .46 .33
  Lexus .11 .16 0.00 .14
  Toyota .53 .32 .46 .19
Honda .21 .26 .38 .33
  Acura .11 .11 .08 .05
  Honda .11 .16 .31 .29
Subaru .05 .11 0.00 .14
Nissan 0.00 .05 0.00 .14
  Infiniti 0.00 0.00 0.00 .05
  Nissan 0.00 .05 0.00 .10
Mazda .05 .05 .15 .051
BMW 0.00 .05 0.00 0.00
Mitsubishi .05 0.00 0.00 0.00
Ford, Chrysler, General Motors, and all others 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
1 Mazda's one entry, the Mazda3 i, may have been pulled from Consumer Reports' Overall Quick Pick List due to a "Poor" side-impact crash test rating by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. The Insurance Institute's rating did cause Consumer Reports to pull the Mazda3 from its recommended list.
All shares are rounded to two significant digits.
CR 2005 Quick Picks are quick pick models of model year 2005.
Note: A rebadge of a product engineered by Toyota, but sold by another auto manufacturer, is omitted from the latter's share.
Source for Consumer Reports' Good Bets: "Quick Picks," Consumer Reports, April 2005, P. 31
Shares of Consumer Reports' 2007 Good Bets for Model Years 1997-2006 with Selected 1998-2002 Reliability Percentrank Averages, by Auto Manufacturer and Motor Vehicle Line
Manufacturer Share of CR 2007 Good Bets with a 1998-2002 Reliability Percentrank Average1 Greater Than or Equal to .80 Share of CR 2007 Good Bets with a 1998-2002 Reliability Percentrank Average1 Greater Than or Equal to .85 Share of CR 2007 Good Bets with a 1998-2002 Reliability Percentrank Average1 Greater Than or Equal to .90 Share of CR 2007 Good Bets with a 1998-2002 Reliability Percentrank Average1 Greater Than or Equal to .95
  Vehicle Line
Toyota .54 .55 .72 .83
  Lexus .16 .19 .28 .50
  Toyota .38 .35 .44 .33
Honda .27 .32 .22 .17
  Acura .11 .13 .06 0.00
  Honda .16 .19 .17 .17
Subaru .03 0.00 0.00 0.00
Nissan .14 .10 .06 0.00
  Infiniti .08 .10 .06 0.00
  Nissan .05 0.00 0.00 0.00
Mazda .03 .03 0.00 0.00
Ford, Chrysler, General Motors, and all others 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
1 If the vehicle model is too new for a 1998-2002 Reliability Percentrank average to exist, the early 2003 Reliability Percentrank is used when such exists.
All shares are rounded to two significant digits.
CR Good Bets are models that have several model years between 1997 and 2006 of better-than-average reliability and have performed well on Consumer Reports' road tests. An auto Reliability Percentrank is a measure of relative overall reliability used by Auto on Info.
Note: Two rebadges of products engineered by Toyota, but sold by another auto manufacturer, are omitted from the latter's share.
Source for Consumer Reports' Good Bets: "CR Good Bet: The Best of Both World's," Consumer Reports Cars: Used Car Buying Guide 2006, p. 25
Source for Reliability Percentrank averages: Table I-MVRP

Median Value of a New Big Three Vehicle as Assessed by Mini-Survey Respondents Reporting Ownership of a Quality Four Product on or before July 8, 2005, by Manufacturer
Manufacturer Big 3 Vehicle Valued at More Than What Is Currently Asked Big 3 Vehicle Valued at What Is Currently Asked Big 3 Vehicle Valued at Only 95% of What Is Currently Asked Big 3 Vehicle Valued at Only 80% of What Is Currently Asked Big 3 Vehicle Valued at Only 50% of What Is Currently Asked Big 3 Vehicle Valued at Nothing Big 3 Vehicle Valued at Nothing Plus Respondent Would Require $20,000+ per Year to Drive It Big 3 Vehicle Valued at Nothing Plus Respondent Would Require $200,000+ per Year to Drive It Respondent Unwilling to Own a Big Three Vehicle under Any Circumstance
Toyota Motor Corporation                
Honda Motor Company                
Subaru Division of Fuji Heavy Industries, Ltd.1                
Nissan Motor Company1                
1 Very few respondents reported owning a product by Nissan or Subaru.
The Big Three manufacturers are General Motors Corporation, Ford Motor Company, and the Chrysler Group of DaimlerChrysler AG. See Glossary.
To view more results or to express your assessment of the value of a new Big Three Vehicle, go to Mini-Survey No. 31, "The True Value of a Big Three."