Car Reliability Debate

BMW is considered relatively unreliable, categorized into "hasn't been that much expensive for me so far" tier by Japanese standards. So that's probably not a great counter example.

Well, maybe their substandard reliability has something to do with it..https://www.consumerreports.org/cars/car-reliability-owner-s...

When they became popular in America in the late 90s and early 00s they were the absolute lowest price cars on the road and had a corresponding reputation for quality/reliability. They were what you bought if you wanted to buy new, but couldn't afford to pay for Japanese reliability. Friends that bought them new had major mechanical problems within a few years. Their gutter reputation is what led them to offer the 7 year warranty, to try to signal quality and reassure people that the pr

I'm not sure that the german automakers are known for reliability :)

No such a grand idea in my opinion: Toyota style with BMW reliability.

Hey, Toyota and Honda are good quality cars, did you mean chevrolet, ford or renault?

> cars are lasting longer every year, since quality and durability keeps increasing.This isn't true. Japanese cars don't have the same reliability they did in the 90's. You're not gonna find anything like a 2JZ engine on an affordable car these days.VW quality seems to be on the verge of falling off a cliff as they seem to be desperate to increase profits without improving quality.Oddly enough I would mention Korean cars for being especially reliable, but then H

Recent Toyotas (Yaris, CH-R, RAV4) were listed among the most buggy cars in Europe... Mitsubishi is now openly selling rebadged Renaults that aren't known for their longevity either. Even luxury European brands are becoming cheapened - Mercedes is now selling cars with Dacia/Renault engines.

Please elaborate on issues with Japanese cars.

Odd since BMWs are not known for reliabilty