Originally Posted by Sungod18

Claims of problems can be deceptive.

There are people with year old Corolla's who've driven their car into the ground, as welll as Ford Pickup owners who run the same truck for 15 years. Cars don't come as "bad" or "good", its how you drive them.

Land Rovers arn't that popular (judging from Ford's quotes on lack of profits) most Rovers's are likely owned by young to middle aged proffesionals who probably drive their cars fairly fast and push them hard. No susprise they run into problems. On the other hand Buick has a large "of age" customer base, and chances are they don't push their cars to hard. So no surprise Buick scores better.

Consider a NYC senario. You have say 10,000 Toyota's registered in one zip code and 4 Maybach's. 4,000 of those Toyota's could have serious problems while only one Maybach does. But on a % scale it look like the Toyota's are more reliable.

I don't buy any of the "superior" car company BS. Any car will last with care. The wife has had the same minivan since 1996 and despite its Ford nameplate it hasn't offered any major issues. We had a Chevy suburban fullsize from 1994-2005. Didn't have any blunders either over 180,000 miles of use. Just drive steady, brake easy, and don't blast the AC and you'll have years of enjoyment!