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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 3-to-5 Years Old, Toyota Accounts for 13 of 15 Best, GM - 17 of 47 Worst
Models by Toyota Motor Corporation account for thirteen of the fifteen highest Reliability Percentranks for 2001 vehicles between the ages of three years and five years. The remaining two are by Honda Motor Company.
The following table lists these top fifteen models, together with their respective Reliability Percentranks.
The Best of 2001: Models with a Reliability Percentrank of .93 or More in Vehicular Age of 3-to-5 Years Model Reliability Percentrank Toyota's Lexus RX330 midsize SUV .99 The V6 Toyota 4Runner SUV .99 The Toyota Echo small car .99 The Honda CR-V small SUV .98 The Toyota Highlander midsize SUV .98 Toyota's Lexus IS300 sedan .97 The 4-cylinder Toyota Camry .97 The V6 Toyota Highlander midsize SUV .96 Toyota's Lexus ES300 sedan .96 The Toyota Tundra pickup truck .96 The Honda Accord .96 Toyota's Lexus LS430 sedan .94 The Toyota Corolla small sedan .94 Toyota's Lexus GS300/GS400 sedan .94 The Toyota Avalon large sedan .94 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). And the Toyota Corolla, whose U.S. sales were up 42.3% in July 2006, is an internationally renowned 40-year legend of reliability, durability, and pleasing performance and appearance. As a buyer from Africa at Dubai's mid-eastern auto mart Ducamz put it: Everyone wants one. Indeed, life may not be complete without having owned a Corolla, and life may be appreciably less interesting without having owned the same one for at least 20 years and 400,000 miles.
The following table provides photographs of the 2006/2007 editions of Toyota's thirteen models in the Best-of-2001 table, together with links to review pages. The review pages provide additional distinctions held by each model.
2006/2007 Editions of Toyota's Thirteen Models on the Best of 2001 2006 Lexus RX400h 2007 Lexus RX350 2006 Toyota 4Runner (Icon Unavailable) 2006 Toyota Yaris1 2006 Toyota Highlander 2006 Toyota Highlander Hybrid 2006 Lexus IS 350 2006 Toyota Camry 2006 Lexus ES 330 2006 Toyota Tundra 2006 Lexus LS 430 2006 Toyota Corolla 2006 Lexus GS 300 2006 Toyota Avalon 1 The Yaris is the refined successor to the Echo. The next table provides photographs of the 2006 editions of Honda's two entries in the Best-of-2001 table, together with links to review pages. The review pages provide additional distinctions held by each model.
2006 Editions of Honda's Two Models on the Best of 2001 2006 Honda CR-V 2006 Honda Accord 2006 Honda Accord Hybrid At the opposite end of the spectrum, models in General Motors Corporation's domestic lines account for 17 of the 47 worst models of 2001. Models in Ford Motor Company's domestic lines account for 7 of the 47 worst, and Chrysler Group's models account for 3 of the 47 worst. By percentage, GM's domestic-line models account for 36.2% of the worst of 2001, Ford's - 14.9%, and Chrysler's - 6.4%. 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 36.2% of the worst of 2001, Ford models - 25.5%, and DaimlerChrysler models - 14.9%, for a total of 76.6% of the worst of 2001. The following table helps put these percentages into perspective.
Percentage of Model Entries in the Worst Cars and Trucks Tables for Model Years 1988, 2001, 2002 and 2003, by Manufacturer Manufacturer 1988 Percentage 2001 Percentage 2002 Percentage 2003 Percentage General Motors Corporation 28.5% 36.2% 32.1% 43.4% Ford Motor Company 43.5% 25.5% 17.0% 26.1% DaimlerChrysler AG 25.0% 14.9% 26.4% 19.6% Total 97% 76.6% 75.5% 89.1% From the table, DaimlerChrysler's 2001 products seem to be holding together, so far, better than usually, but it remains an open question as to how they will perform as they age.
Also, note that the 2003 percentage total for GM, Ford and DaimlerChrysler is quite a bit greater than that for 2001 and 2002. This may reflect a rather considerable drop in quality, which in turn may reflect the cutting edge of the worsening financial circumstances of Ford and GM and most of their supplier base.
The next table gives the individual models in the 2006 update of the worst cars and trucks table for model year 2001.
The Worst of 2001: Models with a Reliability Percentrank of .25 or Less in Vehicular Age of 3-to-5 Years Model Reliability Percentrank Ford Windstar .22 General Motors' ext. Chevrolet Venture van .22 General Motors' Pontiac Trans Sport minivan .22 General Motors' Chevrolet Impala .22 Ford's Lincoln Navigator .21 BMW 7-Series .21 Ford's Lincoln LS .21 Chrysler Sebring convertible .21 General Motors' Pontiac Aztek SUV .19 V6 4wd Ford Ranger pickup .19 General Motors' Saturn L-Series .18 Chrysler's V6 Dodge Caravan .18 Ford Excursion .18 BMW X5 .15 Volkswagen's 4-cylinder Audi A4 .15 Ford's 2wd Mercury Mountaineer .15 General Motors' V6 2wd GMC S-15 Sonoma .15 Jaguar S-Type .15 Volkswagen New Beetle .15 General Motors' Chevrolet Malibu .14 Mercedes-Benz CLK .12 Hyundai XG300, XG350 .12 General Motors' Cadillac DeVille .12 Mercedes-Benz E-Class .12 General Motors' Pontiac Bonneville .11 4-cylinder Volkswagen Passat .11 fwd Volvo S60 .10 ext. 2wd Chrysler Town & Country .10 6-cylinder BMW X5 .09 4-cylinder Volkswagen Golf .09 4wd Ford Explorer .08 General Motors' Oldsmobile Alero .08 Volvo S80 .07 Land Rover Discovery .07 4-cylinder Volkswagen Jetta .06 General Motors' Pontiac Grand Am .06 V6 Volkswagen Golf .06 Mercedes-Benz C-Class .06 General Motors' GMC Safari van .03 General Motors' Cadillac Seville .03 General Motors' Chevrolet Astro van .03 General Motors' GMC Jimmy .02 General Motors' Chevrolet Blazer .02 Volvo V70 Cross Country, XC70 .02 4-cylinder turbo Volkswagen Jetta .01 Mercedes-Benz M-Class .01 General Motors' Chevrolet Venture van reg. 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 2001.
Source for 2001 Reliability Percentranks for 3-to-5-year-old vehicles: The Best and Worst of 2001
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