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Toyota
and Honda Dominate Consumer Reports' 2006 Good Bets List, with Small Changes
from 2005
Auto on Info February 2006
Toyota and Honda Dominate Consumer Reports' 2006 Good Bets List, with Small Changes from 2005
Toyota Motor Corporation's car and truck models are again the most prevalent on Consumer Reports' Good Bets list for used car selection. The auto manufacturer accounts for 33.9% of the models on the 2006 list (vs. 35.2% on the 2005 list) - 24.2% (vs. 25.9% in 2005) are from the Toyota line and 9.7% (vs. 9.3% in 2005) are from the Lexus line.
The criteria for CR's 2006 Good Bets are (1) better-than-average reliability over several or more years between 1998 and 2005 and (2) good performance on CR's road tests over the years.
Honda Motor Company's car and truck models are the second most prevalent on the CR's 2006 Good Bets list. They account for 22.6% (vs. 20.4% in 2005) of the models on the list - 14.5% (vs.11.1% in 2005) are from the Honda line and 8.1% (vs. 9.3% in 2005) are from the Acura line.
Together, Toyota and Honda models account for 56.5% of all models on the 2006 Good Bets list, a tad larger than the 55.6% in 2005.
The following table provides each manufacturer's percentage and number of entries on CR's 2006 Good Bets list, save that the two rebadges marketed by General Motors are omitted from GM's number and from the total used for the computation of the percentages. With the two rebadges eliminated from the count, the percentages below differ a bit from those above.
Percentage and Number of Entries on Consumer Reports' 2006 Good Bets List, by Manufacturer Manufacturer Percentage Number Toyota 35.0% 21 Honda 23.3% 14 Nissan 15.0% 9 Subaru 8.3% 5 Ford 8.3% 5 Mazda 5.0% 3 Mitsubishi 1.7% 1 BMW 1.7% 1 General Motors 1.7% 1 All others 0.0% 0 The following chart graphically depicts the above percentages.
Those models by Toyota Motor Corporation that are in CR's 2006 Good Bets list appear in the following table.
Models by Toyota Motor Corporation in CR's 2006 Good Bets List Lexus Line ES300,ES330 GS300/GS400,GS430 IS300 GX470 LS400,LS430 RX300,RX330 Toyota Line 4Runner Avalon Camry Camry Solara Celica Corolla Echo Highlander Land Cruiser Matrix Prius RAV4 Sequoia Sienna Tundra The next table provides links to reviews of the 2005 model-years of some of the above models.
Links to On-Site Reviews of Toyota Motor Corporation's 2005 Editions of Its Entries on CR's 2006 Good Bets List of Used Cars and Trucks 2005 Lexus ES 330 2005 Lexus IS 300 2005 Lexus GX 470 2005 Lexus LS 430 2005 Lexus RX 330 2005 Toyota 4Runner 2005 Toyota Camry 2005 Toyota Celica 2005 Toyota Corolla 2005 Toyota Echo 2005 Toyota Highlander 2005 Toyota Land Cruiser 2005 Toyota Matrix 2005 Toyota Prius 2005 Toyota RAV4 2005 Toyota Sienna 2005 Toyota Tundra Those models by Honda Motor Company that are in CR's 2006 Good Bets list appear in the following table.
Models by Honda Motor Company in CR's 2006 Good Bets List Acura Line Integra MDX RL RSX TL Honda Line Accord Civic Civic Hybrid CR-V Element Odyssey Pilot Prelude S2000 The next table provides links to reviews of the 2005 model-years of some of the above models.
Links to On-Site Reviews of Honda Motor Company's 2005 Editions of Its Entries on CR's 2006 Good Bets List of Used Cars and Trucks 2005 Acura MDX 2005 Acura RSX 2005 Acura TL 2005 Honda Accord EX 2005 Honda Civic Si 2-door hatchback 2005 Honda Civic coupe and sedan 2005 Honda Civic hybrid 2005 Honda CR-V 2005 Honda Pilot The following table provides each manufacturer's share of those models that are listed on CR's 2006 Good Bets list and that satisfy the several Reliability Percentrank average criteria.
Shares of Consumer Reports' 2006 Good Bets for Model Years 1998-2005 with Selected 1997-2001 Reliability Percentrank Averages, by Auto Manufacturer and Motor Vehicle Line Manufacturer Share of CR 2006 Good Bets with a 1997-2001 Reliability Percentrank Average1 Greater Than or Equal to .80 Share of CR 2006 Good Bets with a 1997-2001 Reliability Percentrank Average1 Greater Than or Equal to .85 Share of CR 2006 Good Bets with a 1997-2001 Reliability Percentrank Average1 Greater Than or Equal to .90 Share of CR 2006 Good Bets with a 1997-2001 Reliability Percentrank Average1 Greater Than or Equal to .95 Vehicle Line Toyota .48 .52 .57 .83 Lexus .13 .16 .22 .33 Toyota .35 .35 .35 .50 Honda .28 .29 .26 .17 Acura .10 .13 .09 0.00 Honda .18 .16 .17 .17 Subaru .10 0.00 0.00 0.00 Nissan .12 .16 .13 0.00 Infiniti .07 .10 .13 0.00 Nissan .05 .06 0.00 0.00 Mazda .02 .03 .04 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 1997-2001 Reliability Percentrank average to exist, the early 2002 Reliability Percentrank is used when such exists. All shares are rounded to two significant digits. CR Good Bets are models that have three or more model years between 1998 and 2005 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 For comparison, last year's table employing the same criteria appears below.
Shares of Consumer Reports' 2005 Good Bets for Model Years 1997-2004 with Selected 1996-2000 Reliability Percentrank Averages, by Auto Manufacturer and Motor Vehicle Line Manufacturer Share of CR 2005 Good Bets with a 1996-2000 Reliability Percentrank Average1 Greater Than or Equal to .80 Share of CR 2005 Good Bets with a 1996-2000 Reliability Percentrank Average1 Greater Than or Equal to .85 Share of CR 2005 Good Bets with a 1996-2000 Reliability Percentrank Average1 Greater Than or Equal to .90 Share of CR 2005 Good Bets with a 1996-2000 Reliability Percentrank Average1 Greater Than or Equal to .95 Vehicle Line Toyota .46 .46 .50 .50 Lexus .11 .15 .19 .25 Toyota .35 .31 .31 .25 Honda .27 .35 .38 .50 Acura .11 .15 .19 0.00 Honda .16 .19 .19 .50 Subaru .11 0.00 0.00 0.00 Nissan .14 .15 .13 0.00 Infiniti .08 .12 .13 0.00 Nissan .05 .04 0.00 0.00 Mazda .03 .04 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 1996-2000 Reliability Percentrank average to exist, the early 2001 Reliability Percentrank is used when such exists. All shares are rounded to two significant digits. CR Good Bets are models that have three or more model years between 1997 and 2004 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: 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: "Used Cars: Best and Worst," Consumer Reports, April 2005, P. 80
Source for CR's 2006 Good Bets: "CR Good Bet: The Best of Both World's," Consumer Reports Cars: Used Car Buying Guide 2006, p. 25
Source for manufacturer percentage share of entries on CR's 2005 Good Bets list: "Toyota and Honda Again Dominate Consumer Reports Good Bets List," Auto on Info, March 2005
Correction: Dated February 14, 2005
Error occurred in the computation of the manufacturer percentages of entries on CR's 2006 Good Bets list; these were corrected on the above date.
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