Honda 大部分的作品都能上得了檯面 Accord 只是其中之一. Toyota, Nissan 也一樣. Ford 就只有少數車種 "比較可靠" , Taurus 是Ford 車系中少數上得了檯面的作品 (比較可靠, 維修比較少), 但是在 "消費者報告 (Consumer Rrports) 的舊車評比並沒有中選. 結論: 日系車(Honda, Nissan, Toyota)比較可靠.

Consumer Reports
http://www.consumerreports.org/main/home.jsp

The best and worst used cars
http://www.consumerreports.org/main...D=1050193833788

CR Good Bets
These are the best of both worlds: models that have performed well in Consumer Reports tests over the years and have had better-than-average overall reliability. Models are listed alphabetically.

Acura Integra
Acura RL
Acura TL
Ford Escort <---------------- Ford 的好車
Geo/Chevrolet Prizm
Honda Accord
Honda Civic
Honda CR-V
Honda Odyssey
Infiniti G20
Infiniti I30
Isuzu Oasis
Lexus ES300
Lexus GS300/GS400, GS430
Lexus LS400, LS430
Lexus RX300
Mazda Millenia <-------------- Ford
Mazda MX-5 Miata<-------------- Ford
Mazda Proteg&eacute; <-------------- Ford
Mercury Tracer <-------------- Ford
Nissan Altima
Nissan Maxima
Nissan Pathfinder
Saab 9-5
Subaru Forester
Subaru Impreza
Subaru Legacy/Outback
Toyota 4Runner
Toyota Avalon
Toyota Camry
Toyota Camry Solara
Toyota Celica
Toyota Corolla
Toyota Echo
Toyota RAV4
Toyota Sienna
Toyota Tacoma
Toyota Tundra


Reliability risks
These cars have shown several years of much-worse-than-average overall reliability. AWD stands for all-wheel drive; 4WD, for four-wheel drive. Listed alphabetically.

Cadillac Catera
Cadillac Seville
Chevrolet Astro
Chevrolet Blazer
Chrysler New Yorker, LHS
Chrysler Town & Country (AWD)
Dodge Caravan (4-cyl.)
Dodge Dakota (4WD)
Dodge Durango
Dodge Grand Caravan (AWD)
Dodge Neon
Ford Focus<-------------- Ford 的爛車
Ford Windstar<-------------- Ford
GMC Jimmy
GMC Safari
Jeep Grand Cherokee
Lincoln LS<-------------- Ford
Mercedes-Benz M-Class
Oldsmobile Alero
Oldsmobile Bravada
Oldsmobile Cutlass
Plymouth Grand Voyager
Plymouth Neon
Plymouth/Chrysler Voyager (4-cyl.)
Pontiac Grand Am
Volkswagen Jetta
Volkswagen New Beetle
Volvo S80<-------------- Ford