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Predicted Short-Term Reliability for Model Year 2007, Toyota and Honda Dominate
Best and GM, Ford and DaimlerChrysler Dominate Worst, per Detroit News Table
Auto on Info November 2006
By CR's Predicted Short-Term Reliability for Model Year 2007, Toyota and Honda Dominate Best and GM, Ford and DaimlerChrysler Dominate Worst, per Detroit News Table
By James B. Bleeker
Per Detroit News' list of models with Consumer Reports' highest predicted short-term reliability, Toyota Motor Corporation and Honda Motor Company garnered 70% of the best, and per Detroit News' list of models with Consumer Reports' lowest predicted short-term reliability, DaimlerChrysler AG, General Motors Corporation, and Ford Motor Company garnered 72% of the worst. The list is based on CR's 2006 survey results.
The following table provides each manufacturer's number and percentage of models with CR's highest predicted short-term reliability.
Number and Percentage of Models, by Manufacturer, on CR's List of Models with Highest Predicted Short-Term Reliability for Model Year 2007 Manufacturer Number % Toyota Motor Corporation 21 45.7% Honda Motor Company 11 23.9% Subaru division of Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. 3 6.5% Ford Motor Company 3 6.5% Nissan Motor Company 2 4.3% Mitsubishi Motors Corporation 2 4.3% General Motors Corporation 2 4.3% BMW AG 1 2.2% Hyundai Motor Company 1 2.2% All others 0 0.0% Note: This list omits a Toyota-engineered model badged as a GM model. Source: "The Best and Worst," Detroit News, November 9, 2006, at http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061109/AUTO01/611090364 The following chart helps depict each manufacturer's presence on this best list.
The following table provides each manufacturer's number and percentage of models with CR's lowest predicted short-term reliability.
Number and Percentage of Models, by Manufacturer, on CR's List of Models with Lowest Predicted Short-Term Reliability for Model Year 2007 Manufacturer Number % General Motors Corporation 12 27.9% DaimlerChrysler AG 10 23.3% Ford Motor Company 9 20.9% Nissan Motor Company 5 11.6% Volkswagen AG 3 7.0% BMW AG 2 4.7% Hyundai Motor Company 1 2.3% Porsche AG 1 2.3% All others 0 0.0% Note: European marques of DaimlerChrysler, General Motors and Ford are included in the total, as is the Kia marque for Hyundai. Hyundai's one entry on this ignominious list is a Kia, in particular, the Kia Sportage. Source: "The Best and Worst," Detroit News, November 9, 2006, at http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061109/AUTO01/611090364 The following chart helps depict each manufacturer's presence on this worst list.
The following charts provide each manufacturer's presence on CR's best and worst sublists for wagons/minivans, sport-utility vehicles, and pickup trucks.
The above percentages include European marques of the Big Three and the Kia marque of Hyundai. The Toyota-engineered wagon badged as a General Motors model is omitted from the first chart.
The following table provides Toyota's entries on the list of CR's models with the highest predicted short-term reliability.
Toyota Motor Corporation's 2007 Models with CR's Highest Predicted Short-Term Reliability Luxury Cars Toyota's Lexus LS series Upscale or Large Cars Toyota's Lexus ES350 Sports/Sporty Cars Toyota's Lexus SC430 The 4-cylinder Toyota Camry Solara Family Cars The Toyota Prius Small Cars The Toyota Yaris The Toyota Corolla Wagons/Minivans Toyota's Scion xB The Toyota Matrix The Toyota Sienna Sport-Utility Vehicles The Toyota FJ Cruiser The Toyota RAV4 The Toyota Highlander Hybrid The Toyota 4Runner The Toyota Highlander Toyota's Lexus RX400h Pickup Trucks The Toyota Tundra The Toyota Tacoma The next table depicts such of these models as have an Auto on Info 2006 review.
Toyota's 2007 Models with CR's Highest Predicted Short-Term Reliability Lexus LS 430 Lexus ES 350 Toyota Camry Solara Toyota Prius Toyota Corolla Scion xB Toyota Sienna Toyota RAV4 Toyota Highlander Hybrid Toyota 4Runner Toyota Highlander Lexus RX400h Toyota Tundra Toyota Tacoma All of the above links are to onsite review pages for the 2006 models. The next table provides Honda's entries on the list of CR's models with the highest predicted short-term reliability.
Honda Motor Company's 2007 Models with CR's Highest Predicted Short-Term Reliability Upscale or Large Cars Honda's Acura TSX Honda's Acura TL Sports/Sporty Cars The Honda S2000 Family Cars The Honda Accord Hybrid The 4-cylinder Honda Accord Small Cars The Honda Fit The Honda Civic Hybrid Sport-Utility Vehicles The Honda Element The Honda CR-V The Honda Pilot Honda's Acura MDX The next table depicts such of these models as have an Auto on Info 2006 review.
Honda's 2007 Models with CR's Highest Predicted Short-Term Reliability Acura TSX Acura TL Honda S2000 Honda Accord Hybrid Honda Accord Honda Civic Hybrid Honda CR-V Honda Pilot All of the above links are to onsite review pages for the 2006 models. For those consumers planning to purchase a new vehicle and own it for more than 2 or 3 years, see Table I-MVRP, The Bottom Line on Reliability, and Extrapolations of the Great Gaps. For those consumers planning to purchase a new vehicle and own it for 10 to 30 years, see Table I-MVRP, The Bottom Line on Reliability, Extrapolations of the Great Gaps, and Durability Page 6.
Source for CR's 2007 reliability predictions: "The Best and Worst," Detroit News, November 9, 2006, at http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061109/AUTO01/611090364
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