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I think this has been posted around here before, for what it's worth.  BMW actually shows out pretty well, Merc and VW not so much.

Seeing Toyota up at the top comports with all the Toyota owners I know.  Almost always happy with the reliability, they say.  

My Hyundai came from a time when it was higher up lists like these, I believe.  At least mine in particular has hardly ever needed repairs and appears ready to run until the Apocalypse*, and it's 17 years old now   A local mechanic I know tells me he gets a lot more Hyundai repairs in now with the newer models and he's not overly impressed with them.  

*dammit.  I'm more likely than not going to drive this car until it just dies, and if it won't, that means I won't get something newer anytime soon.  Middle-class problems.  

Just had my yearly maintenance done on the Benz.

$425

Oh, right, I forgot about utee's Toyota-hate.  So not everyone I know reports positive experiences with Toyotas.  

Oh, right, I forgot about utee's Toyota-hate.  So not everyone I know reports positive experiences with Toyotas. 

I mean, clearly ours was a lemon, the objective metrics and most folks' personal anecdotes support Toyota as being a reliable brand.

But my personal experience with that car-- and the Toyota dealers around town-- was so extremely bad, that I will never buy another one. 

Brand loyalty and/or aversion is a funny thing.  I know Hyundai is rated "meh" these days and as mentioned I've had a mechanic tell me he perceives reliability issues with them.  Yet mine has been so reliable, and the seat so comfortable for me, that it's hard to gear my brain toward thinking about buying something else next time. 

Hyundai basically reverse-engineered M-B engines. Smart move.

They do. Although not the same level of power (Genesis is closer there) in the basic models.

It was a 2003 Toyota Camry Solara convertible.  It had major electrical issues, gremlins that no dealer or mechanic was ever able to sort, despite happily taking my money for never fixing anything.  It went through 4 batteries and 3 alternators in maybe 10 years.  It left my wife and/or me stranded countless times by working fine until we got to a place, and then simply not starting when we wanted to leave.

My experience with and basic knowledge of electricity tells me this was quite possibly a grounding issue, and some of the various mechanics identified it as such on a couple of occasions, but nobody was ever able to actually correct the issue.

Good Lord I grew to hate that car.  I was so delighted to trade it in and exchange it for the notoriously unreliable Jeep that replaced it.  We've now had that Jeep for 5 years and not one single issue with it, just standard scheduled maintenance.