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Toyota Garners 16 of 32 Most Reliable

Sixteen motor vehicle models by Toyota Motor Corporation made Consumer Reports' 32 most reliable list. They include:

The Toyota Prius, Toyota's immensely and globally popular gas-electric hybrid
The Toyota Corolla, Toyota's 38-year-old legend
The Scion xB, Toyota's young person's vehicle, that is popular with both the under-30 and the over-50 baby boomers
The Toyota Echo
The Lexus SC430 sporty car
The Toyota Celica sporty car
The Lexus IS300
The 4-cylinder Toyota Camry
The Toyota Avalon
The Lexus LS430, Toyota's flagship luxury car
The Lexus GS300/GS430
The Toyota Land Cruiser, a large sport utility vehicle of international repute
The Toyota Highlander mid-size SUV
The Toyota RAV4 small SUV
The Lexus LX470 large SUV
The Toyota Tundra pickup truck

Toyota's Tundra was the only pickup truck model to make the most reliable list. No minivan model of any manufacturer made the most reliable list.

The most reliable list is based on CR's membership responses regarding serious problems experienced with vehicles of the three most recent model years - 2003, 2004, and 2005.

Source for reliability lists: "European Vehicle Reliability Stalls," by Brett Clanton, Detroit News, November 9, 2004, available at http://www.detnews.com/2004/autosinsider/0411/09/b01-328882.htm

Here you go in case you can't search yourself.

JD powers in Europe.

2004 IQS Rankings

Toyota continues to be the highest-ranking corporation in IQS, with seven models receiving awards—the most of any corporation. Toyota is followed in the corporate ranking by American Honda Motor Co. and Hyundai Motor America in a tie

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Feel free to search other parts of the planet as well..

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And your facts are where ?

Ummm johnno..the reason toyota has been number 1 in the sales is because they offer very good incentives to large companys to buy and lease them..how do l know this..well my brother in law used work in the sales at the head office..in reality if you remove the company and leaseing sales then you would find that toyota sales to the general public would be quite low..in fact nissan and mitshbishi would be the leaders..you only have to drive around suburbia and count how many toyotas you see compared to other makes..l like the landcruisers a lot and wanted to but one but did not like the idea off being ripped off $20,000.and what the hell does a survey taken overseas have to do with us..go and join sn bob brown and his cronies and stop posting crap to stir everybody up

This is the kind of post that I really should have nothing to do with but I just can't resist.

Every Toyota I have ever driven or travelled in has been boring, boring, boring. They might make them reliable but they can't make them interesting. Even when a mate of mine had one of the early 2 litre Celicas my RX3 would walk all over it.

And frankly Johnno1 you can love your yotas as much as you like but you will not change one persons opinion so what the hell are you getting so hot about? Do you sell them?

And I will stop there since I am at risk of descending to the same level.

Johnno....

Given you are a big "stats" man I new you wouldn't want to miss this one.

You might like to work on this though. Of the 2 million (approximately) sold over the past 55 years 2/3rds are still in use. How does that stack up against your stats for other vehicles?

Land Rover Named 'Greatest Car Of All Time' In BBC Top Gear Viewers' Poll


The Land Rover, originally built in 1948 and known since 1990 as the Land Rover Defender, has been named 'the greatest car of all time' by BBC TV's Top Gear.

Top Gear viewers were asked to vote by telephone for nine vehicles short-listed by the show's team of experts, and following nine weeks of closely contested competition, the Land Rover beat its rivals to the accolade with 29 percent of the vote. Co-presenter on the show, Richard Hammond, who championed the Land Rover cause, said: "I knew it was a winner from the outset. The Land Rover has all the elements of an invention worthy of the 'greatest of all time' accolade – function, design, durability, engineering supremacy and soul."

Matthew Taylor, Land Rover's managing director, added: "The Land Rover is a motoring icon, noted for its good work around the world. Nearly two million have been sold during its 55 years, two-thirds of which are still in use today. Owners of the vehicles and employees of the company around the world should be very proud of this accolade, bestowed upon us by a very tough group of critics – the viewers of BBC's Top Gear."

The current range of Land Rovers – Range Rover, Discovery, Freelander and Defender – can each trace their roots back to the original Land Rover of 1948 – the vehicle that established the company. Over 3.25 million Land Rover vehicles have been sold since then, 1.8 million of which were the original Land Rover shape and its successor, the Defender – making it the most successful product in the company's history.

Hey Johnno you are slipping up. I went back through the post and there was one follow up where you haven't yet had the last word.

But I'm now edumacated and I'm going to try and get out of work early enough to get to the Toyota dealer and try out all of these fantastic cars they make and I'll probably buy one tonight!

Happy now?

Geez Johnno you got them wound up like clockwork mice!!!!!!

Actually my very first post(could have been a follow up) on this site way back at the beginning of 2002 I mentioned that Landrover had the most recalls for any vehicle on earth for 2001.

What a thread that was. Seems we have gone off Landrovers as the main protagonist has gone QT these days...but he is till around. Every time I posted something he would attack me from all angles...eventually he gave up and became friendly ....lol