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Reliability Percentranks and Reliability Grades - High Standards
Beginning with the 2007 updates, the Reliability Percentranks and Reliability Grades - High Standards of motor vehicle lines and types will appear on the same page. This should quicken comparisons.
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Small Cars Sports Cars, Sporty Cars and Coupes Family Cars and Large Cars Upscale and Luxury Cars SUVs Minivans Pickups Manufacturer Averages All Autos
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Acura Audi BMW Buick Cadillac Chevrolet Chrysler Dodge Eagle
Ford GMC Honda Hyundai Infiniti Isuzu Jaguar Jeep Kia
Land Rover Lexus Lincoln Mazda Mercedes-Benz Mercury Mini Cooper Mitsubishi Nissan
Oldsmobile Plymouth Pontiac Porsche Saab Saturn Scion Subaru Suzuki
Toyota Volkswagen Volvo            
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Acura Audi BMW Buick Cadillac Chevrolet Chrysler Dodge Eagle
Ford GMC Honda Hyundai Infiniti Isuzu Jaguar Jeep Kia1
Land Rover Lexus Lincoln Mazda Mercedes-Benz Mercury Mini Cooper1 Mitsubishi1 Nissan
Oldsmobile Plymouth Pontiac Porsche1 Saab Saturn Scion1 Subaru Suzuki1
Toyota Volkswagen Volvo            

1Current data are insufficient to warrant charts.

To view tables of the Best and Worst motor vehicle models, click the applicable year.
Best and Worst of 1988 Best and Worst of 1989 Best and Worst of 1990 Best and Worst of 1991 Best and Worst of 1992 Best and Worst of 1993 Best and Worst of 1994 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 Best and Worst of 2002 Best and Worst of 2003 Best and Worst of 2004 Summary
Chart Summary of 2006 Updates Chart and Table Summary of 2007 Updates              
Charts of Gaps
Charts of the Great Gaps Extrapolations of the Great Gaps              

This page has been updated to include the data that became available in 2007.

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.

Note that Reliability Grades for model year 2004 are based on one year of data. Consequently, the Reliability Grades for individual models of that year are more subject to statistical fluctuation.

The Item Numbers in the above table refer to the Item Numbers in the main table, Table I-MVRGE: Motor Vehicle Reliability Grades - Exacting Standards.

To view the Family Car and Large Car Reliability Percentranks and Reliability Grades - High Standards, click here.

To view charts and tables regarding the 2007 Reliability-Durability Updates, click here.

2007 Charts of Toyota's Reliability Grades for Model Years 1999-2002
(Each chart is linked to a news article providing additional information.)

2007 Charts of GM's Reliability Grades for Model Years 1999-2002
(Each chart is linked to a news article providing additional information.)

Some Additional Charts and Tables Pertaining to Reliability, Durability and Other Quality Measures
(Each chart is linked to a news article providing additional information.)

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

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

Some Family and Large Car-related News Articles:

August 2007: Estimating Model-Year-2008 Reliability: How High Will Toyota's Rise and How Low Will the Big Three's Tumble?
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: The Reliable Two Dominate Greenest Dozen; 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
March 2007: Review of the 2007 Toyota Prius Hybrid Hatchback: Some Photographs, Distinctions, and Features and Specifications
March 2007: Review of the 2007 Toyota Camry Hybrid: Some Photographs, Distinctions, and Features and Specifications
March 2007: Review of the 2007 Toyota Camry Sedan: Some Photographs, Distinctions, and Features and Specifications
March 2007: Review of the 2007 Honda Accord Hybrid: Some Photographs, Distinctions, and Features and Specifications
March 2007: Review of the 2007 Honda Accord Sedan: Some Photographs, Distinctions, and Features and Specifications
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
February 2007: NHTSA Gives GM's Buick LaCrosse One Star (Out of Five) for Side Impact; Center for Auto Safety Calls for Investigation of GM's Pontiac GTO for Tire Blowouts
February 2007: The Reliable Two and Subaru Sweep 2007 CR Family Car Quick Picks with a Reliability History of Two or More Years: Small-SUV-versus-Family-Sedan Comparison Table
February 2007: Does GM Mean Junk of the 7th Level of Abomination?
January 2007: Toyota Expands Dominance on Durability Measure
January 2007: The 2007 U.S. Auto Market Share Predictions for Toyota Motor Corporation and the Big Three
January 2007: In the U.S. in 2006, Consumers Quicken Their Pace to Quality: Toyota Sales Soar and Honda Sales Rise as Big Three Sales Plunge
January 2007: In the U.S. in December 2006, Consumers Maintain March to Quality: Toyota Sales Soar and Honda Sales Rise as GM and Ford Sales Plunge
December 2006: Toyota, Honda, Subaru, and Nissan Account for Nearly All on List of 2007 Models with CR's Highest Predicted Short-Term Reliability Based on Two or More Years
November 2006: True Value Estimates of GM's 2007 Vehicles
November 2006: The 2006 Updates: Honda Age-Equivalent Estimates: Estimates of When a Typical 1998 Model of Honda Motor Company Will Be as Troublesome as Typical 1998 Models of General Motors Corporation and Its Several Marques Were Circa 3 Years, 4 Years, ..., and 7 Years of Age
November 2006: The 2006 Updates: Toyota Age-Equivalent Estimates: Estimates of When a Typical 1998 Model of Toyota Motor Corporation Will Be as Troublesome as Typical 1998 Models of General Motors Corporation and Its Several Marques Were Circa 3 Years, 4 Years, ..., and 7 Years of Age
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
October 2006: AFP Reports J.D. Powers Says 61% of U.S. Car Buyers Want Reliability and Durability: More Disastrous News for GM?
October 2006: The 2006 Updates: Toyota and Honda Account for 4 Most Durable Vehicle Lines; General Motors - 4 of 10 Worst: Will a Typical Toyota or Honda 1998 Model Be More Trouble Free at 20 Years of Age Than a Typical 1998 GM Model at 3?
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: Reliability Updates: For Model Year 2002, Toyota Accounts for 11 of 16 Best, GM - 16 of 53 Worst
August 2006: 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
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: By WSJ's Lot-Stay Time, Made-in-Japan TMC Models Account for 7 of July's Hottest 10
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
July 2006: Toyota and Honda Dominate CR's Ten Best Family Sedans with Above Average Predicted Reliability; Big Three Score Zip
July 2006: In the U.S. in June 2006, Toyota Sales Surge to Set a New June Record; Legendary Corolla Sales Soar; Honda Sales Squeak Past Previous June Record; Big Three Sales Remain In or Near Friction-Free Free Fall, But GM's Prospect of Multiple Bankruptcy Filings Dims
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: U.S. Safety Recalls by Volkswagen (1), General Motors (1), Volvo (1), and Toyota (1)
June 2006: Chrysler Gets NHTSA Safety Probe; Nissan Issues Stop Sell Order to Dealers
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
May 2006: Review of the 2006 Toyota Prius Hybrid Hatchback: Some Photographs, Distinctions, and Features and Specifications
May 2006: U.S. Safety Recalls by General Motors (2), Ford (3), Chrysler (4), Mazda (1), Nissan (3), and Toyota (1)
April 2006: Review of and Product Information on the 2006 Honda Civic DX, LX, and EX Sedan and Coupe: Some Photographs, Distinctions, and Features and Specifications
April 2006: Review of and Product Information on the 2006 Honda Civic Hybrid Sedan: Some Photographs, Distinctions, and Features and Specifications
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: Review of and Product Information on the 2006 Honda Accord Value Package, LX, and EX Sedan: Some Photographs, Distinctions, and Features and Specifications
April 2006: Review of and Product Information on the 2006 Honda Accord Hybrid Sedan: Some Photographs, Distinctions, and Features and Specifications
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: Moody's Cuts GM Creditworthiness Another Notch Deeper into Junk
March 2006: Toyota Reliability Takes Another Leap Up; Honda's Too; Toyota-GM Reliability Gap Sets Another Record: Will GM's Descent Near 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%
March 2006: In the U.S. in February 2006, Reliable Two Sales Set New February Sales Records; GM's Market Share Drops Another Notch and Ford's Inches Up a Notch; Toyota RAV4 Sales Surge Again
February 2006: Toyota and Honda Cars Account for All of CR's 2006 Family Sedan All-Around Quick Picks
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: Toyota and Honda Dominate Consumer Reports' 2006 Good Bets List, with Small Changes from 2005
February 2006: General Motors and DaimlerChrysler Again Dominate CR's Used-Cars-to-Avoid List
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
November 2005: In the U.S. in October 2005, The Reliable Two Set New October Sales Records, Subaru Sales Advance, and GM and Ford Sales Plunge Again
November 2005: Toyota, Honda, Subaru, and Nissan's Infiniti Overwhelm CR's 2006 Most Reliable List
November 2005: NHTSA Investigates Ford and GM Sedans; Chrysler Recalls a Batch for 'Park' Problems; General Motors Recalls SUVs for Door Latch Corrosion
October 2005: Parts Division Jettisoned by GM Files Chapter 11 Bankruptcy; S&P Cuts GM's Debt Deeper into Junk
October 2005: In the U.S. in September 2005, Quality Four Sales March On, GM and Ford Sales Plunge
September 2005: Fitch Cuts GM Debt Deeper into Junk
September 2005: 2005 Reliability Updates: Plunging into the Depths - The Five Worst Marques by Reliability Percentrank Average Drop from 1988 to 2001
September 2005: 2005 Reliability Updates: Big Three Appear Hopelessly Stuck in Quality Quagmire; Selling Dirt Cheap May Be Best Route to Survival
September 2005: In the U.S. in August 2005, Reason Rather Returns: Quality Four Sales Soar, GM Sales Plunge
September 2005: Fifteen-Year Data History Points to Continued Overwhelming Dominance of the Best of Each Year by TMC
September 2005: Auto on Info Site Manager's Conclusion: GM Likely to Dominate Worst-Cars-and-Trucks Tables for Years to Come
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: Former Parts Division GM Dumped on Shareholders Has Rating Slashed: S&P Cuts Delphi's Debt Deep into Junk
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
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: Mini-Survey Points to Toyota Dominance in Overall Quality and Customer Satisfaction
July 2005: As Fires Mount, NHTSA Puts the Heat on Ford: Park That Ford on the Street! III
July 2005: NHTSA Investigates Chrysler Cars, Kia Minivans, and Ford SUVs
July 2005: Did GM's Marketing Department Make Out Big Three Consumers Unmitigated Nincompoops?
July 2005: Did GM's Marketing Department Make Out GM's CEO an Unmitigated Nincompoop?
July 2005: In the U.S. in June 2005, Sales by Quality Four Continue Growth and GM Shows World That It Can Move Off Dealer Lots Anything That Rolls
June 2005: GM's 1999-2005 Pontiac Grand Am Receives Lowest Frontal Crash Test Score
June 2005: Are the J.D. Power Quality Survey Results Worth Less Than the Recyclable Paper They Are Printed On?
June 2005: GM Expands 2005 Safety Problem Recall Lead over Ford with Recall of 292,000 Saturns; Mitsubishi Adds a Tad to Its 2005 Recall List
June 2005: In the U.S. in May 2005, Sales Shift Toward Quality Continues
May 2005: A Dodge Safety Investigation and Some Honda, Mercedes, Ford, and Kia Recalls
May 2005: Toyota Recalls a Slew
May 2005: In NHTSA Car Crash Tests, Lowest Score Goes to Chevrolet Cobalt, Lowest Two Scores to Buick LaCrosse, Perfect Scores to Toyota, Mitsubishi, Subaru, and Two Volvos
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
April 2005: Toyota Camry and Honda Accord Dominate Results of IIHS' Frontal Offset Crash and Side Impact Tests
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: 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: Toyota and Honda Dominate Consumer Reports 2005 Overall Quick Pick List; Big Three Score Zip
March 2005: Toyota and Honda Dominate Consumer Reports Owner Satisfaction 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: 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
February 2005: With U.S. Consumer Shift Toward Quality, Moving New GM Models Off Lots Becomes Hard Sell: Raising Incentives and Lowering Credit Standards
February 2005: General Motors 2005 Safety Recalls Take a Bump Up, but Ford Keeps Big Lead: Faulty Power Assist, Accelerator Pedal Spring, and Windshield Bond Prompt Recalls of GM SUVs, Vans, Pickups, Trucks, Coupes, and Sedans
February 2005: General Motors Dumps Another Name and Model - the Pontiac Bonneville
February 2005: Ignition Flaw Prompts Honda Recall; Hot Seats and Faulty Pumps Prompt BMW Recalls; Reuters Reports Hot Seat and Alleged Third Degree Burns Give Chrysler Legal Problems
February 2005: In the U.S. in January 2005, Toyota and Nissan Sales Advance, Consumers Continue to Reward Toyota and Nissan Quality with Greater U. S. Auto Market Share and Again Take GM and Ford to the Shed
January 2005: In the U.S. in December 2004, Sales by the Quality Four Soar; General Motors and Ford Sales Drop
November 2004: Toyota Garners 16 of 32 Most Reliable
November 2004: Toyota Dominates Top Five List; GM and Saab Subsidiary Garner Two of Bottom Five
November 2004: GM Safety Recalls Take a Leap
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