bonzobanana said:
Good site here;
http://www.reliabilityindex.com/manufacturer
It's from a uk perspective but has zero bias or opinion its statistics based on which models and brands fail and cost and frequency of repair for the insurance company. It's why getting BMW warranty insurance is a lot more than Toyota. As you will see the Japanese brands come top and German brands make up most of the bottom with the top ten of most unreliable models dominated by German cars. Luxury and performance makes for a more complicated car which unless your a Lexus model means expense. Lets not forget a money pit of a car can really effect your lifestyle if a lot of your money is going to keeping such a car on the road plus all the higher costs of insurance etc.
I'm old enough to remember when German cars used to be as reliable as the Japanese models but its been many years since that was true. Nowadays its still Japanese brands with the Korean's probably in distant second place.
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Those stats dont give you the full picture. First of they include cost of repair. Which obviously is extremly high for Bentley and Porsche. Those brands are not made for people without money. So it does not tell you where those brands would rank without the cost factor. Still could be more reliable technically but a small thing will cost you thousands.
Also Frequency of failures. The question is what exactly constitutes as failure. If for example the media screen in a mercedes on the rear left seat starts flickering. Is that considered a failure ?
Logically a Daihatsu has way less technology in it that can fail. If the steering wheel of a merc stops vibrating if you touch the white divide line it is a failure. If the hot stone massage seats dont massage properly anymore its a failure. Or if a sensor stops working out of the dozends that are in a Merc.
Ofcourse a Daihatsu will have the better ranking. Because it has none of these things in the first place and since its a simpler car. The mechanics there do not have to know as much as a Merc Mechanic and it will be cheaper.
Luxury cars are for people who have money to spare. And in return they get Luxury.
But I agree that the OP should not get this car as he is unable to assess the situation correctly and still did not tell which model he is actually refering to.
