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Reliability Updates: For Vehicles 6-to-8 Years Old, Toyota Accounts for 7 of 10 Best, GM - 17 of 36 Worst
Models by Toyota Motor Corporation account for seven of the ten highest Reliability Percentranks for 1999 vehicles between the ages of six years and eight years. The remaining three are by Honda Motor Company.
The following table lists these top ten models, together with their respective Reliability Percentranks.
The Best of 1998: Models with a Reliability Percentrank of .93 or More in Vehicular Age of 6-to-8 Years Model Reliability Percentrank Toyota's Lexus LS400 sedan 1.00 The V6 Toyota Tacoma pickup truck .99 The 4-cylinder Honda Accord .99 Toyota's Lexus ES300 sedan .98 The Honda Civic .98 The V6 Toyota 4Runner midsize SUV .96 Honda CR-V small SUV .96 Toyota's Lexus GS300/GS400 sedan .95 The Toyota Tacoma pickup truck .95 The Toyota RAV4 small SUV .95 The following chart depicts the relative presence of the major auto manufacturers in this quality cars and trucks table.
With regard to individual models, Toyota's Lexus LS series has often held a position in the annual best cars and trucks tables. See "For Vehicles 6-to-8 Years Old, Toyota Garners 7 of Top 10 Reliability Percentranks, General Motors Gathers 23 of Lowest 36," Auto on Info, 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," Auto on Info, August 2005, "For Vehicles 4-to-6 Years Old, Toyota Garners 6 of Top 10, General Motors Garners 15 of Bottom 38," Auto on Info, 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," Auto on Info, August 2005, "For 2-to-3-Year-Old Model Year 2002 Vehicles, Toyota Garners 6 of Top 9, General Motors - 13 of Bottom 45," Auto on Info, August 2005, "For 2-to-3-Year-Old Model-Year-2003 Vehicles, Toyota Garners 8 of Top 9 and 9 of Top 14, General Motors Accounts for 18 of Bottom 46," Auto on Info, August 2006, "Reliability Updates: For Model Year 2002, Toyota Accounts for 11 of 16 Best, GM - 16 of 53 Worst," Auto on Info, August 2006, "Reliability Updates: For Vehicles 3-to-5 Years Old, Toyota Accounts for 13 of 15 Best, GM - 17 of 47 Worst," Auto on Info, August 2006, "Reliability Updates: For Vehicles 4-to-6 Years Old, Toyota Accounts for 8 of 14 Best, GM - 19 of 47 Worst," Auto on Info, August 2006, "Reliability Updates: For Vehicles 5-to-7 Years Old, Toyota Accounts for 9 of 13 Best, GM - 17 of 42 Worst," Auto on Info, August 2006.
The following table provides photographs of the 2006 editions of Toyota's seven models in the Best-of-1998 table, together with links to review pages. The review pages provide additional distinctions held by each model.
2006 Editions of Toyota's Seven Models on the Best of 1998 2006 Lexus LS 430 2006 Toyota Tacoma 2006 Lexus ES 330 2006 Toyota 4Runner 2006 Lexus GS 300 2006 Toyota RAV4 The next table provides photographs of the 2006 editions of Honda's three entries in the Best-of-1998 table, together with links to review pages. The review pages provide additional distinctions held by each model.
2006 Editions of Honda's Three Models on the Best of 1998 2006 Honda Accord 2006 Honda Accord Hybrid 2006 Honda Civic coupe and sedan 2006 Honda Civic Si 2006 Honda Civic Hybrid 2006 Honda CR-V At the opposite end of the spectrum, models in General Motors Corporation's domestic lines account for 17 of the 36 worst models of 1998. Models in Ford Motor Company's domestic lines account for 4 of the 36 worst, and Chrysler Group's models account for 5 of the 36 worst. By percentage, GM's domestic-line models account for 47% of the worst of 1998, Ford's - 11%, and Chrysler's - 14%. If the European lines of GM (the Saab line), Ford (the Volvo, Jaguar, and Land Rover lines), and DaimlerChrysler AG (the Mercedes-Benz line) are included in the count, GM models account for 47% of the worst of 1998, Ford models - 14%, and DaimlerChrysler models - 17%, for a total of 78% of the worst of 1998. The following table helps put these percentages into perspective.
Percentage of Model Entries in the Worst Cars and Trucks Tables for Model Years 1988, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003, by Manufacturer Manufacturer 1988 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 General Motors Corporation 28.5% 47.2% 40.5% 40.4% 36.2% 32.1% 43.4% Ford Motor Company 43.5% 13.9% 14.3% 23.4% 25.5% 17.0% 26.1% DaimlerChrysler AG 25.0% 16.7% 21.4% 14.9% 14.9% 26.4% 19.6% Total 97% 77.8% 76.2% 78.7% 76.6% 75.5% 89.1% From the table, the GM-Ford-Daimler dominion of the worst cars and trucks of each year, per the Reliability Percentrank, held rather constant from 1998 to 2002, but grew quite considerably in 2003. The drop by this quality measure may reflect the cutting edge of the worsening financial circumstances of Ford and GM and most of their supplier base, and all of the accompanying problems that such entail.
The next table gives the individual models in the 2006 update of the worst cars and trucks table for model year 1998.
The Worst of 1998: Models with a Reliability Percentrank of .25 or Less in Vehicular Age of 6-to-8 Years Model Reliability Percentrank General Motors' Buick Park Avenue .24 General Motors' Pontiac Grand Am .24 General Motors' GMC Suburban .23 General Motors' Chevrolet Suburban .23 Ford's V6 Mercury Mystique .20 General Motors' ext. Chevrolet Venture van .20 General Motors' ext. Pontiac Trans Sport .20 General Motors' V6 2wd Chevrolet S-10 pickup .20 Ford's Mercury Mystique .18 Ford Contour .18 General Motors' reg. Chevrolet Venture van .18 Volkswagen's V6 Audi A4 .17 4-cylinder Volkswagen Golf .15 4-cylinder Volkswagen Jetta .15 General Motors' V6 GMC S-15 Sonoma pickup .15 General Motors' GMC Yukon .13 General Motors' Chevrolet Tahoe .13 Chrysler's Dodge Durango .13 Volkswagen's Audi A6 .12 Chrysler Concorde .11 Volkswagen's V6 Audi A6 .11 Ford Windstar .10 Chrysler's Dodge Intrepid .09 Chrysler's Dodge Neon .09 Chrysler's Plymouth Neon .09 Mercedes-Benz M-Class .07 Volvo V70 Cross Country, XC70 .07 General Motors' Chevrolet Malibu .07 4-cylinder Volkswagen Passat .05 BMW 7-Series .05 Volkswagen New Beetle .02 General Motors' GMC Jimmy .02 General Motors' Chevrolet Blazer .02 General Motors' Cadillac Catera .01 General Motors' GMC Safari van 0.00 General Motors' Chevrolet Astro van 0.00 The following chart depicts the prevalence of the auto manufacturers in the above table.
The next chart depicts the percentage that each line contributed to GM's worst of 1998.
Source for 1998 Reliability Percentranks for 6-to-8-year-old vehicles: The Best and Worst of 1998
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