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.
