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Toyota Motor Corporation
August 2007: Estimating Model-Year-2008 Reliability: How High Will Toyota's Rise and How Low Will the Big Three's Tumble?
August 2007: The 2007 Reliability-Durability Updates: For Vehicles 3-to-5 Years Old, Toyota and Honda Account for 18 of 19 Best, GM - 24 of 61 Worst
July 2007: The 2007 Reliability-Durability Updates: For Vehicles 4-to-6 Years Old, Toyota and Honda Account for 17 of 17 Best, GM - 24 of 56 Worst: Will a Typical Toyota at 13 Years of Age Be as Troublesome as a Typical GM at 3 Years of Age?
July 2007: The 2007 Reliability-Durability Updates: For Vehicles 5-to-7 Years Old, Toyota and Honda Account for 12 of 13 Best, GM - 19 of 48 Worst: Will a Typical Toyota at 21 Years of Age Be as Troublesome as a Typical GM at 3 Years of Age?
July 2007: The 2007 Reliability-Durability Updates: For Vehicles 6-to-8 Years Old, Toyota and Honda Account for 13 of 13 Best, GM - 18 of 43 Worst: Will a Typical Toyota at 19 Years of Age Be as Troublesome as a Typical GM at 3 Years of Age?
July 2007: The 2007 Reliability-Durability Updates: For Vehicles 7-to-9 Years Old, Toyota and Honda Account for 11 of 12 Best, GM - 22 of 41 Worst: Will a Typical Toyota at 30 Years of Age Be as Troublesome as a Typical GM at 3 Years of Age?
June 2007: The J.D. Power Surveys: Gleaning Values from Things That May Be Worth, Individually, Something Close to Nothing: GM in the Dumps Again
May 2007: Does GM Mean Junk and Ford Too? Toyota and Honda Shine Again.
May 2007: In 2007, Toyota and Honda Dominate Most Reliable List with 10 of 11 Best, GM Dominates Least Reliable List with 7 of 10 Worst
May 2007: Toyota Reliability Drops Some, But Toyota-GM Gap Remains Near Record
April 2007: The Reliable Two Dominate Greenest Dozen; Big Three Score Zip
April 2007: Toyota and Honda Dominate CR's 2007 Top Picks and Alternates; Nissan's Infiniti Division Accounts for CR's Upscale and Luxury Top Picks; Big Three Score Zip
April 2007: Are Big Three Pickups Abominations?
April 2007: By Yet Another Quality Measure, Toyota and Honda Are Best and GM and DaimlerChrysler - Worst: The UCS 2007 Environmental Report
March 2007: Cleaning Arizona Air: The Exclusive Three
March 2007: Toyota and Honda Increase Dominance of Consumer Reports' Good Bets List: Toyota's Best Widen Quality Gap
March 2007: Chevrolet Upholds a Tradition: GM's Chevrolet Line Worst by CR's 2007 Vehicles-to-Avoid List
February 2007: The Reliable Two and Subaru Sweep 2007 CR Family Car Quick Picks with a Reliability History of Two or More Years: Small-SUV-versus-Family-Sedan Comparison Table
February 2007: Does GM Mean Junk of the 7th Level of Abomination?
January 2007: The 2006 Updates: Estimated Rates of Motor Vehicle Deterioration, by Line and Manufacturer
January 2007: Toyota Expands Dominance on Durability Measure
January 2007: CR's Top 3 Small SUVs Are Reliable Twos
December 2006: Toyota, Honda, Subaru, and Nissan Account for Nearly All on List of 2007 Models with CR's Highest Predicted Short-Term Reliability Based on Two or More Years
November 2006: The 2006 Updates: Toyota Age-Equivalent Estimates: Estimates of When a Typical 1998 Model of Toyota Motor Corporation Will Be as Troublesome as Typical 1998 Models of General Motors Corporation and Its Several Marques Were Circa 3 Years, 4 Years, ..., and 7 Years of Age
November 2006: By CR's Predicted Short-Term Reliability for Model Year 2007, Toyota and Honda Dominate Best and GM, Ford and DaimlerChrysler Dominate Worst, per Detroit News Table
October 2006: Site Manager's 1984 Corolla Passes 500,000 Mark
October 2006: The 2006 Updates: Toyota and Honda Account for 4 of 5 Most Durable Sport-Utility Vehicles; General Motors - 7 of 10 Worst: Will a Typical 1998 Toyota SUV Be More Trouble Free at 21 Years of Age Than a Typical 1998 GM SUV at 3?
October 2006: The 2006 Updates: Toyota Tops in Pickup Reliability and Durability: Just How Bad, or Disastrous, Are GM Pickups?
October 2006: The 2006 Updates: Toyota and Honda Account for 4 Most Durable Vehicle Lines; General Motors - 4 of 10 Worst: Will a Typical Toyota or Honda 1998 Model Be More Trouble Free at 20 Years of Age Than a Typical 1998 GM Model at 3?
September 2006: Reliability Updates: Toyota and Honda Still Tops, But Lose Luster; General Motors Still Worst of Major Auto Manufacturers; Hyundai Clobbers GM Yet Again
September 2006: Reliability Updates: Best and Worst Cars and Trucks Tables: A Chart Summary
August 2006: Reliability Updates: For Vehicles 6-to-8 Years Old, Toyota Accounts for 7 of 10 Best, GM - 17 of 36 Worst
August 2006: Reliability Updates: For Vehicles 5-to-7 Years Old, Toyota Accounts for 9 of 13 Best, GM - 17 of 42 Worst
August 2006: Reliability Updates: For Vehicles 4-to-6 Years Old, Toyota Accounts for 8 of 14 Best, GM - 19 of 47 Worst
August 2006: Reliability Updates: For Vehicles 3-to-5 Years Old, Toyota Accounts for 13 of 15 Best, GM - 17 of 47 Worst
August 2006: Reliability Updates: For Model Year 2002, Toyota Accounts for 11 of 16 Best, GM - 16 of 53 Worst
August 2006: For 2-to-3-Year-Old Model-Year-2003 Vehicles, Toyota Garners 8 of Top 9 and 9 of Top 14, General Motors Accounts for 18 of Bottom 46
August 2006: Toyota Dominates Auto on Info's Rosters of High Mileage Vehicles; Honda Places Second: Another Auto Manufacturer Durability Award for Each
July 2006: Toyota and Honda Dominate CR's Ten Best Family Sedans with Above Average Predicted Reliability; Big Three Score Zip
June 2006: Toyota and Honda Dominate CR's 2006 Higher-Reliability, Higher-Owner-Satisfaction Quick Picks; Big Three Score Zip
May 2006: Toyota and Honda Account for 75% of CR's Top Picks, Alternatives, and Runners-up; Subaru and Nissan Account for Balance; Big Three Score Zip
March 2006: Toyota Reliability Takes Another Leap Up; Honda's Too; Toyota-GM Reliability Gap Sets Another Record: Will GM Bottom?
February 2006: Toyota and Honda Cars Account for All of CR's 2006 Family Sedan All-Around Quick Picks
February 2006: Toyota and Honda Dominate Consumer Reports' 2006 Good Bets List, with Small Changes from 2005
January 2006: Toyota Overwhelmingly Dominates Another Measure of Durability
December 2005: By CR's Predicted Short-Term Reliability for Model Year 2006, Toyota and Honda Dominate Best, GM and Ford Dominate Worst
November 2005: Toyota, Honda, Subaru, and Nissan's Infiniti Overwhelm CR's 2006 Most Reliable List
November 2005: Legendary Corolla Is Only Gasoline-Powered Vehicle to Make Top Ten Fuel Efficiency List
September 2005: Fifteen-Year Data History Points to Continued Overwhelming Dominance of the Best of Each Year by TMC
August 2005: For 2-to-3-Year-Old Model Year 2002 Vehicles, Toyota Garners 6 of Top 9, General Motors - 13 of Bottom 45
August 2005: For Vehicles 2-to-4 Years Old, Toyota Garners 11 of Top 16, General Motors - 16 of Bottom 40
August 2005: For Vehicles 3-to-5 Years Old, Toyota Garners 9 of Top 14, Honda - 5 of Top 14, and General Motors - 19 of Bottom 44
August 2005: For Vehicles 4-to-6 Years Old, Toyota Garners 6 of Top 10, General Motors Garners 15 of Bottom 38
August 2005: For Vehicles 5-to-7 Years Old, Honda Garners 5 of Top 9, Toyota - 4 of Top 9, and General Motors - 19 of Bottom 38
August 2005: For Vehicles 6-to-8 Years Old, Toyota Garners 7 of Top 10 Reliability Percentranks, General Motors Gathers 23 of Lowest 36
August 2005: Speediest Dilapidations: General Motors Accounts for 16 of the 20 Worst
August 2005: Toyota Dominates Auto on Info's Rosters of High Mileage Vehicles; Honda Places Second: Another Auto Manufacturer Durability Award for Each
July 2005: Toyota and BMW Among World's 20 Most Innovative Companies; Toyota, Mercedes-Benz, BMW, and Honda Brand Names Among World's 20 Most Valuable
July 2005: Mini-Survey Points to Toyota Dominance in Overall Quality and Customer Satisfaction
July 2005: Subaru, Honda, and Toyota Account for Consumer Reports' Top Three Small SUVs
June 2005: Site Manager Replaces Corolla Transmission: 1984 Torque Converter Expires at 478,943 Miles
May 2005: In NHTSA Car Crash Tests, Lowest Score Goes to Chevrolet Cobalt, Lowest Two Scores to Buick LaCrosse, Perfect Scores to Toyota, Mitsubishi, Subaru, and Two Volvos
May 2005: Toyota-Big Three Quality Gap Huge, and Growing
May 2005: Toyota and Honda Rule Most Reliable List with 12 of 12 Best, GM Dominates Least Reliable List with 8 of 11 Worst
May 2005: Review of the 2005 Toyota Tacoma Pickup Truck: Some Photographs, Distinctions, and Features and Specifications
May 2005: Review of the 2005 Toyota Sienna Minivan: Some Photographs, Distinctions, and Features and Specifications: Updated
April 2005: Toyota Camry and Honda Accord Dominate Results of IIHS' Frontal Offset Crash and Side Impact Tests
April 2005: Toyota Sienna and Honda Odyssey Minivans Score Best on IIHS 2005 Crash Tests, Receive "Best Pick Frontal" Designation; GM's Chevrolet Astro, GMC Safari, Pontiac TransSport / Montana, and Chevrolet Venture Score Worst
April 2005: Toyota Tacoma Pickup Truck Scores Best on IIHS 2005 Crash Tests, Receives "Best Pick Frontal" Designation
April 2005: The 2-Wheel Drive Toyota Tacoma Pickup Truck Receives Perfect Scores on NHTSA's 2005 Crash Tests
March 2005: Toyota Corolla with Side Airbags Earns Best Small Car Side-Impact Test Scores, Dodge Neon Earns Worst Side-Impact Test Scores
March 2005: Toyota and Honda Dominate Consumer Reports 2005 Overall Quick Pick List; Big Three Score Zip
March 2005: Review of the 2005 Lexus ES330: Some Photographs, Distinctions, and Features and Specifications
March 2005: Models Engineered by Toyota and Honda Dominate Consumer Reports Fuel Economy Quick Pick List; Big Three-Engineered Models Score Zip
March 2005: Review of the 2005 Toyota Matrix Wagon: Some Photographs, Distinctions, and Features and Specifications
March 2005: Toyota and Honda Dominate Consumer Reports Owner Satisfaction Quick Pick List; Big Three Score Zip
March 2005: Review of the 2005 Lexus GX470: Some Photographs, Distinctions, and Features and Specifications
March 2005: Review of the 2005 Lexus RX330: Some Photographs, Distinctions, and Features and Specifications
March 2005: Review of the 2005 Toyota 4Runner: Some Photographs, Distinctions, and Features and Specifications
March 2005: Review of the 2005 Toyota Sienna Minivan: Some Photographs, Distinctions, and Features and Specifications
March 2005: Toyota and Honda Again Dominate Consumer Reports Good Bets List
March 2005: Toyota Dominates Consumer Reports Reliability Quick Pick List; Big Three Score Zip
March 2005: Review of the 2005 Lexus IS300: Some Photographs, Distinctions, and Features and Specifications
March 2005: Review of the 2005 Lexus LS430: Some Photographs, Distinctions, and Features and Specifications
March 2005: Review of the 2005 Toyota Camry: Some Photographs, Distinctions, and Features and Specifications
March 2005: Review of the 2005 Toyota Celica: Some Photographs, Distinctions, and Features and Specifications
March 2005: Review of the 2005 Toyota Corolla: Some Photographs, Distinctions, and Features and Specifications
March 2005: Review of the 2005 Toyota Echo: Some Photographs, Distinctions, and Features and Specifications
March 2005: Review of the 2005 Toyota Highlander: Some Photographs, Distinctions, and Features and Specifications
March 2005: Review of the 2005 Toyota Land Cruiser: Some Photographs, Distinctions, and Features and Specifications
March 2005: Review of the 2005 Toyota MR2 Spyder: Some Photographs, Distinctions, and Features and Specifications
March 2005: Review of the 2005 Toyota Prius: Some Photographs, Distinctions, and Features and Specifications
March 2005: Review of the 2005 Toyota RAV4: Some Photographs, Distinctions, and Features and Specifications
March 2005: Review of the 2005 Toyota Tundra Pickup Truck: Some Photographs, Distinctions, and Features and Specifications
November 2004: Toyota Garners 16 of 32 Most Reliable
November 2004: Toyota and Honda Dominate Most Reliable SUV List; General Motors and Ford Dominate Least Reliable SUV List
November 2004: Toyota Dominates Top Five List; GM and Saab Subsidiary Garner Two of Bottom Five
October 2004: The 2004 Auto Reliability Updates: Toyota Continues to Govern; GM Stays Stuck ... Deep, Down and Under, and Below
September 2004: Toyota and Honda Dominate Consumer Reports' Best in Class by Cargo Space and Fuel Economy
September 2004: Toyota and Honda Dominate Small Sport Utility Vehicle List
August 2004: Toyota Dominates AOI's Rosters of High Mileage Vehicles; Mercedes-Benz Places Second: Another AOI Manufacturer Durability Award for Each
June 2004: CCC Information Services' 2003 Motor Vehicle Theft Data Give Toyota Another Auto Manufacturer Award for Durability
May 2004: Toyota's Reliability Continues to Advance: Gap with Big Three Grows
March 2004: Toyota Dominates List of Best Cars and Trucks; General Motors Dominates List of Worst Cars and Trucks
November 2003: Toyota Dominates "Best Used Cars" List; Chrysler and General Motors Dominate "Worst Used Cars" List
November 2003: Toyota and Subaru Marques Score a Perfect 100% on a Recommended List
October 2003: Honda CR-V Places First in SUVs - First among All Autos, per the 1995-1999 Reliability Percentrank Average
October 2003: Nissan Maxima Places Second among Family Car Models per the 1995-1999 Reliability Percentrank Average
August 2003: Of AOI's 20 Highest Mileage Vehicles, Toyota Scores 11 and Garners Another AOI Auto Award
May 2003: Toyota Garners Another AOI Auto Manufacturer Award for Durability
March 2003: Embedded in Consumer Reports' April 2003 Auto Issue Is a New Car Selection Technique
February 2003: In CAA's List of Top Ten Vehicle Models, General Motors Scores Zero; Ford and Chrysler Match GM; Toyota Models Number Seven
February 2003: Toyota Dominates the 2003 Pyramid Awards
December 2002: Toyota Dominates AOI's List of Auto Manufacturer Awards and Honors; Honda Places Second; GM, Ford, and Chrysler Score Zero
November 2002: Toyota Dominated J.D. Power and Associates' 2002 Initial Quality Awards
September 2002: If You're Looking for a Buick, Cadillac, or Any Other General Motors Car Model among the Winners of the CAA Pyramid Award for Vehicle Ownership Satisfaction in the Past 20 Years, Rather Don't
July 2002: Of AOI's 20 Highest Mileage Vehicles, Big Three Score 0; Toyota 12
May 2002: Another Data Analysis Pointing to Preeminent Toyota Durability
April 2002: By AOI's Recently Completed Auto Reliability Research for the Model Decade 1988 to 1997; Toyota Was the Guiding Star; Honda - A Falling Star; Subaru - the Rising Star; Nissan - Another Falling Star; Volvo, Mercedes-Benz, BMW, and Mitsubishi - Well Shattered Meteorites; and Chrysler, Ford, General Motors, and Volkswagen - Well Buried Rocks from Times Past
June 2001: Sample of High Mileage Toyota Owners Buttresses Toyota's Vaulted Reputation for Quality
April 2001: The Reliability Index Gap between Toyota and the Big Three Remains Unchanged: Seven Years of -.6
 
Note: In deciding whether the contents of an article covering an automotive achievement are such as to merit listing under a motor vehicle manufacturer, some, but limited, consideration has been accorded factors other than those covered within the article, such as, reliability history.

 

Honda Motor Company
August 2007: The 2007 Reliability-Durability Updates: For Vehicles 3-to-5 Years Old, Toyota and Honda Account for 18 of 19 Best, GM - 24 of 61 Worst
July 2007: The 2007 Reliability-Durability Updates: For Vehicles 4-to-6 Years Old, Toyota and Honda Account for 17 of 17 Best, GM - 24 of 56 Worst: Will a Typical Toyota at 13 Years of Age Be as Troublesome as a Typical GM at 3 Years of Age?
July 2007: The 2007 Reliability-Durability Updates: For Vehicles 5-to-7 Years Old, Toyota and Honda Account for 12 of 13 Best, GM - 19 of 48 Worst: Will a Typical Toyota at 21 Years of Age Be as Troublesome as a Typical GM at 3 Years of Age?
July 2007: The 2007 Reliability-Durability Updates: For Vehicles 6-to-8 Years Old, Toyota and Honda Account for 13 of 13 Best, GM - 18 of 43 Worst: Will a Typical Toyota at 19 Years of Age Be as Troublesome as a Typical GM at 3 Years of Age?
July 2007: The 2007 Reliability-Durability Updates: For Vehicles 7-to-9 Years Old, Toyota and Honda Account for 11 of 12 Best, GM - 22 of 41 Worst: Will a Typical Toyota at 30 Years of Age Be as Troublesome as a Typical GM at 3 Years of Age?
June 2007: The J.D. Power Surveys: Gleaning Values from Things That May Be Worth, Individually, Something Close to Nothing: GM in the Dumps Again
May 2007: Does GM Mean Junk and Ford Too? Toyota and Honda Shine Again.
May 2007: In 2007, Toyota and Honda Dominate Most Reliable List with 10 of 11 Best, GM Dominates Least Reliable List with 7 of 10 Worst
May 2007: Toyota Reliability Drops Some, But Toyota-GM Gap Remains Near Record
April 2007: The Reliable Two Dominate Greenest Dozen; Big Three Score Zip
April 2007: Toyota and Honda Dominate CR's 2007 Top Picks and Alternates; Nissan's Infiniti Division Accounts for CR's Upscale and Luxury Top Picks; Big Three Score Zip
April 2007: By Yet Another Quality Measure, Toyota and Honda Are Best and GM and DaimlerChrysler - Worst: The UCS 2007 Environmental Report
March 2007: Cleaning Arizona Air: The Exclusive Three
March 2007: Toyota and Honda Increase Dominance of Consumer Reports' Good Bets List: Toyota's Best Widen Quality Gap
March 2007: Chevrolet Upholds a Tradition: GM's Chevrolet Line Worst by CR's 2007 Vehicles-to-Avoid List
February 2007: The Reliable Two and Subaru Sweep 2007 CR Family Car Quick Picks with a Reliability History of Two or More Years: Small-SUV-versus-Family-Sedan Comparison Table
February 2007: Does GM Mean Junk of the 7th Level of Abomination?
January 2007: The 2006 Updates: Estimated Rates of Motor Vehicle Deterioration, by Line and Manufacturer
January 2007: Toyota Expands Dominance on Durability Measure
January 2007: CR's Top 3 Small SUVs Are Reliable Twos
December 2006: Toyota, Honda, Subaru, and Nissan Account for Nearly All on List of 2007 Models with CR's Highest Predicted Short-Term Reliability Based on Two or More Years
November 2006: The 2006 Updates: Honda Age-Equivalent Estimates: Estimates of When a Typical 1998 Model of Honda Motor Company Will Be as Troublesome as Typical 1998 Models of General Motors Corporation and Its Several Marques Were Circa 3 Years, 4 Years, ..., and 7 Years of Age
November 2006: By CR's Predicted Short-Term Reliability for Model Year 2007, Toyota and Honda Dominate Best and GM, Ford and DaimlerChrysler Dominate Worst, per Detroit News Table
October 2006: The 2006 Updates: Toyota and Honda Account for 4 of 5 Most Durable Sport-Utility Vehicles; General Motors - 7 of 10 Worst: Will a Typical 1998 Toyota SUV Be More Trouble Free at 21 Years of Age Than a Typical 1998 GM SUV at 3?
October 2006: The 2006 Updates: Toyota and Honda Account for 4 Most Durable Vehicle Lines; General Motors - 4 of 10 Worst: Will a Typical Toyota or Honda 1998 Model Be More Trouble Free at 20 Years of Age Than a Typical 1998 GM Model at 3?
September 2006: Reliability Updates: Toyota and Honda Still Tops, But Lose Luster; General Motors Still Worst of Major Auto Manufacturers; Hyundai Clobbers GM Yet Again
September 2006: Reliability Updates: Best and Worst Cars and Trucks Tables: A Chart Summary
August 2006: Reliability Updates: For Vehicles 6-to-8 Years Old, Toyota Accounts for 7 of 10 Best, GM - 17 of 36 Worst
August 2006: Reliability Updates: For Vehicles 5-to-7 Years Old, Toyota Accounts for 9 of 13 Best, GM - 17 of 42 Worst
August 2006: Reliability Updates: For Vehicles 4-to-6 Years Old, Toyota Accounts for 8 of 14 Best, GM - 19 of 47 Worst
August 2006: Reliability Updates: For Vehicles 3-to-5 Years Old, Toyota Accounts for 13 of 15 Best, GM - 17 of 47 Worst
August 2006: Reliability Updates: For Model Year 2002, Toyota Accounts for 11 of 16 Best, GM - 16 of 53 Worst
August 2006: For 2-to-3-Year-Old Model-Year-2003 Vehicles, Toyota Garners 8 of Top 9 and 9 of Top 14, General Motors Accounts for 18 of Bottom 46
July 2006: Toyota and Honda Dominate CR's Ten Best Family Sedans with Above Average Predicted Reliability; Big Three Score Zip
June 2006: Toyota and Honda Dominate CR's 2006 Higher-Reliability, Higher-Owner-Satisfaction Quick Picks; Big Three Score Zip
May 2006: Toyota and Honda Account for 75% of CR's Top Picks, Alternatives, and Runners-up; Subaru and Nissan Account for Balance; Big Three Score Zip
March 2006: Toyota Reliability Takes Another Leap Up; Honda's Too; Toyota-GM Reliability Gap Sets Another Record: Will GM Bottom?
February 2006: Toyota and Honda Cars Account for All of CR's 2006 Family Sedan All-Around Quick Picks
February 2006: Toyota and Honda Dominate Consumer Reports' 2006 Good Bets List, with Small Changes from 2005
December 2005: By CR's Predicted Short-Term Reliability for Model Year 2006, Toyota and Honda Dominate Best, GM and Ford Dominate Worst
November 2005: Toyota, Honda, Subaru, and Nissan's Infiniti Overwhelm CR's 2006 Most Reliable List
August 2005: For 2-to-3-Year-Old Model Year 2002 Vehicles, Toyota Garners 6 of Top 9, General Motors - 13 of Bottom 45
August 2005: For Vehicles 2-to-4 Years Old, Toyota Garners 11 of Top 16, General Motors - 16 of Bottom 40
August 2005: For Vehicles 3-to-5 Years Old, Toyota Garners 9 of Top 14, Honda - 5 of Top 14, and General Motors - 19 of Bottom 44
August 2005: For Vehicles 4-to-6 Years Old, Toyota Garners 6 of Top 10, General Motors Garners 15 of Bottom 38
August 2005: For Vehicles 5-to-7 Years Old, Honda Garners 5 of Top 9, Toyota - 4 of Top 9, and General Motors - 19 of Bottom 38
August 2005: For Vehicles 6-to-8 Years Old, Toyota Garners 7 of Top 10 Reliability Percentranks, General Motors Gathers 23 of Lowest 36
August 2005: Speediest Dilapidations: General Motors Accounts for 16 of the 20 Worst
August 2005: Toyota Dominates Auto on Info's Rosters of High Mileage Vehicles; Honda Places Second: Another Auto Manufacturer Durability Award for Each
July 2005: Toyota and BMW Among World's 20 Most Innovative Companies; Toyota, Mercedes-Benz, BMW, and Honda Brand Names Among World's 20 Most Valuable
July 2005: Mini-Survey Points to Toyota Dominance in Overall Quality and Customer Satisfaction
July 2005: Subaru, Honda, and Toyota Account for Consumer Reports' Top Three Small SUVs
May 2005: Review of the 2005 Honda Odyssey Minivan: Some Photographs, Distinctions, and Features and Specifications
April 2005: Toyota Camry and Honda Accord Dominate Results of IIHS' Frontal Offset Crash and Side Impact Tests
April 2005: Toyota Sienna and Honda Odyssey Minivans Score Best on IIHS 2005 Crash Tests, Receive "Best Pick Frontal" Designation; GM's Chevrolet Astro, GMC Safari, Pontiac TransSport / Montana, and Chevrolet Venture Score Worst
March 2005: Toyota and Honda Dominate Consumer Reports 2005 Overall Quick Pick List; Big Three Score Zip
March 2005: Models Engineered by Toyota and Honda Dominate Consumer Reports Fuel Economy Quick Pick List; Big Three-Engineered Models Score Zip
March 2005: Toyota and Honda Dominate Consumer Reports Owner Satisfaction Quick Pick List; Big Three Score Zip
March 2005: Review of the 2005 Acura TL: Some Photographs, Distinctions, and Features and Specifications
March 2005: Review of the 2005 Acura TSX: Some Photographs, Distinctions, and Features and Specifications
March 2005: Review of the 2005 Honda Accord Hybrid: Some Photographs, Distinctions, and Features and Specifications
March 2005: Review of the 2005 Honda Accord EX: Some Photographs, Distinctions, and Features and Specifications
March 2005: Review of the 2005 Honda Pilot: Some Photographs, Distinctions, and Features and Specifications
March 2005: Toyota and Honda Again Dominate Consumer Reports Good Bets List
March 2005: Toyota Dominates Consumer Reports Reliability Quick Pick List; Big Three Score Zip
March 2005: Review of the 2005 Acura MDX Sport Utility Vehicle: Some Photographs, Distinctions, and Features and Specifications
March 2005: Review of the 2005 Acura RSX 2-Door Hatchback: Some Photographs, Distinctions, and Features and Specifications
March 2005: Review of the 2005 Honda Civic Si: Some Photographs, Distinctions, and Features and Specifications
March 2005: Review of the 2005 Honda Civic Coupe and Sedan: Some Photographs, Distinctions, and Features and Specifications
March 2005: Review of the 2005 Honda Civic Hybrid: Some Photographs, Distinctions, and Features and Specifications
March 2005: Review of the 2005 Honda CR-V Sport Utility Vehicle: Some Photographs, Distinctions, and Features and Specifications
December 2004: Detroit Free Press Reports That the 2005 Acura RL Gets Perfect Scores in NHTSA Safety Tests
November 2004: Toyota and Honda Dominate Most Reliable SUV List; General Motors and Ford Dominate Least Reliable SUV List
November 2004: Toyota Dominates Top Five List; GM and Saab Subsidiary Garner Two of Bottom Five
October 2004: The 2004 Auto Reliability Updates: Toyota Continues to Govern; GM Stays Stuck ... Deep, Down and Under, and Below
September 2004: Toyota and Honda Dominate Consumer Reports' Best in Class by Cargo Space and Fuel Economy
September 2004: Toyota and Honda Dominate Small Sport Utility Vehicle List
March 2004: Toyota Dominates List of Best Cars and Trucks; General Motors Dominates List of Worst Cars and Trucks
March 2004: CR's April 2004 Reliability Tables Indicate Some Changes in Short Term Reliability, but Infiniti, Honda, Toyota, Lexus, and Acura Remain Dominant by this Measure As Well
November 2003: Toyota Dominates "Best Used Cars" List; Chrysler and General Motors Dominate "Worst Used Cars" List
November 2003: Toyota and Subaru Marques Score a Perfect 100% on a Recommended List
October 2003: Honda CR-V Places First in SUVs - First among All Autos, per the 1995-1999 Reliability Percentrank Average
October 2003: Nissan Maxima Places Second among Family Car Models per the 1995-1999 Reliability Percentrank Average
May 2003: Toyota Garners Another AOI Auto Manufacturer Award for Durability
March 2003: Embedded in Consumer Reports' April 2003 Auto Issue Is a New Car Selection Technique
February 2003: In CAA's List of Top Ten Vehicle Models, General Motors Scores Zero; Ford and Chrysler Match GM; Toyota Models Number Seven
December 2002: Toyota Dominates AOI's List of Auto Manufacturer Awards and Honors; Honda Places Second; GM, Ford, and Chrysler Score Zero
September 2002: If You're Looking for a Buick, Cadillac, or Any Other General Motors Car Model among the Winners of the CAA Pyramid Award for Vehicle Ownership Satisfaction in the Past 20 Years, Rather Don't
May 2002: Another Data Analysis Pointing to Preeminent Toyota Durability
April 2001: The Reliability Index Gap between Toyota and the Big Three Remains Unchanged: Seven Years of -.6
 
Note: In deciding whether the contents of an article covering an automotive achievement are such as to merit listing under a motor vehicle manufacturer, some, but limited, consideration has been accorded factors other than those covered within the article, such as, reliability history.

 

Subaru Division of Fuji Heavy Industries, Ltd.
March 2007: Chevrolet Upholds a Tradition: GM's Chevrolet Line Worst by CR's 2007 Vehicles-to-Avoid List
March 2007: GM Expands Lead on CR's Used-Cars-to-Avoid List, a Tad
December 2006: Toyota, Honda, Subaru, and Nissan Account for Nearly All on List of 2007 Models with CR's Highest Predicted Short-Term Reliability Based on Two or More Years
November 2006: By CR's Predicted Short-Term Reliability for Model Year 2007, Toyota and Honda Dominate Best and GM, Ford and DaimlerChrysler Dominate Worst, per Detroit News Table
May 2006: Toyota and Honda Account for 75% of CR's Top Picks, Alternatives, and Runners-up; Subaru and Nissan Account for Balance; Big Three Score Zip
February 2006: Toyota and Honda Dominate Consumer Reports' 2006 Good Bets List, with Small Changes from 2005
December 2005: By CR's Predicted Short-Term Reliability for Model Year 2006, Toyota and Honda Dominate Best, GM and Ford Dominate Worst
November 2005: Toyota, Honda, Subaru, and Nissan's Infiniti Overwhelm CR's 2006 Most Reliable List
July 2005: Mini-Survey Points to Toyota Dominance in Overall Quality and Customer Satisfaction
July 2005: Subaru, Honda, and Toyota Account for Consumer Reports' Top Three Small SUVs
May 2005: In NHTSA Car Crash Tests, Lowest Score Goes to Chevrolet Cobalt, Lowest Two Scores to Buick LaCrosse, Perfect Scores to Toyota, Mitsubishi, Subaru, and Two Volvos
March 2005: Toyota and Honda Dominate Consumer Reports 2005 Overall Quick Pick List; Big Three Score Zip
March 2005: Toyota and Honda Dominate Consumer Reports Owner Satisfaction Quick Pick List; Big Three Score Zip
March 2005: Toyota and Honda Again Dominate Consumer Reports Good Bets List
March 2005: Toyota Dominates Consumer Reports Reliability Quick Pick List; Big Three Score Zip
November 2004: Toyota and Honda Dominate Most Reliable SUV List; General Motors and Ford Dominate Least Reliable SUV List
October 2004: The 2004 Auto Reliability Updates: Toyota Continues to Govern; GM Stays Stuck ... Deep, Down and Under, and Below
September 2004: Toyota and Honda Dominate Small Sport Utility Vehicle List
March 2004: Toyota Dominates List of Best Cars and Trucks; General Motors Dominates List of Worst Cars and Trucks
March 2004: CR's April 2004 Reliability Tables Indicate Some Changes in Short Term Reliability, but Infiniti, Honda, Toyota, Lexus, and Acura Remain Dominant by this Measure As Well
November 2003: Toyota Dominates "Best Used Cars" List; Chrysler and General Motors Dominate "Worst Used Cars" List
November 2003: Toyota and Subaru Marques Score a Perfect 100% on a Recommended List
October 2003: Honda CR-V Places First in SUVs - First among All Autos, per the 1995-1999 Reliability Percentrank Average
October 2003: Nissan Maxima Places Second among Family Car Models per the 1995-1999 Reliability Percentrank Average
March 2003: Embedded in Consumer Reports' April 2003 Auto Issue Is a New Car Selection Technique
April 2002: By AOI's Recently Completed Auto Reliability Research for the Model Decade 1988 to 1997; Toyota Was the Guiding Star; Honda - A Falling Star; Subaru - the Rising Star; Nissan - Another Falling Star; Volvo, Mercedes-Benz, BMW, and Mitsubishi - Well Shattered Meteorites; and Chrysler, Ford, General Motors, and Volkswagen - Well Buried Rocks from Times Past
April 2001: The Reliability Index Gap between Toyota and the Big Three Remains Unchanged: Seven Years of -.6
 
Note: In deciding whether the contents of an article covering an automotive achievement are such as to merit listing under a motor vehicle manufacturer, some, but limited, consideration has been accorded factors other than those covered within the article, such as, reliability history.

 

Nissan Motor Company
June 2007: The J.D. Power Surveys: Gleaning Values from Things That May Be Worth, Individually, Something Close to Nothing: GM in the Dumps Again
May 2007: Toyota Reliability Drops Some, But Toyota-GM Gap Remains Near Record
April 2007: Toyota and Honda Dominate CR's 2007 Top Picks and Alternates; Nissan's Infiniti Division Accounts for CR's Upscale and Luxury Top Picks; Big Three Score Zip
December 2006: Toyota, Honda, Subaru, and Nissan Account for Nearly All on List of 2007 Models with CR's Highest Predicted Short-Term Reliability Based on Two or More Years
August 2006: Reliability Updates: For Model Year 2002, Toyota Accounts for 11 of 16 Best, GM - 16 of 53 Worst
May 2006: Toyota and Honda Account for 75% of CR's Top Picks, Alternatives, and Runners-up; Subaru and Nissan Account for Balance; Big Three Score Zip
February 2006: Toyota and Honda Dominate Consumer Reports' 2006 Good Bets List, with Small Changes from 2005
November 2005: Toyota, Honda, Subaru, and Nissan's Infiniti Overwhelm CR's 2006 Most Reliable List
August 2005: For 2-to-3-Year-Old Model Year 2002 Vehicles, Toyota Garners 6 of Top 9, General Motors - 13 of Bottom 45
August 2005: For Vehicles 2-to-4 Years Old, Toyota Garners 11 of Top 16, General Motors - 16 of Bottom 40
August 2005: For Vehicles 4-to-6 Years Old, Toyota Garners 6 of Top 10, General Motors Garners 15 of Bottom 38
March 2005: Toyota and Honda Dominate Consumer Reports 2005 Overall Quick Pick List; Big Three Score Zip
March 2005: Toyota and Honda Dominate Consumer Reports Owner Satisfaction Quick Pick List; Big Three Score Zip
March 2005: Toyota and Honda Again Dominate Consumer Reports Good Bets List
October 2004: The 2004 Auto Reliability Updates: Toyota Continues to Govern; GM Stays Stuck ... Deep, Down and Under, and Below
March 2004: Toyota Dominates List of Best Cars and Trucks; General Motors Dominates List of Worst Cars and Trucks
March 2004: CR's April 2004 Reliability Tables Indicate Some Changes in Short Term Reliability, but Infiniti, Honda, Toyota, Lexus, and Acura Remain Dominant by this Measure As Well
November 2003: Toyota Dominates "Best Used Cars" List; Chrysler and General Motors Dominate "Worst Used Cars" List
November 2003: Toyota and Subaru Marques Score a Perfect 100% on a Recommended List
October 2003: Honda CR-V Places First in SUVs - First among All Autos, per the 1995-1999 Reliability Percentrank Average
October 2003: Nissan Maxima Places Second among Family Car Models per the 1995-1999 Reliability Percentrank Average
March 2003: Embedded in Consumer Reports' April 2003 Auto Issue Is a New Car Selection Technique
February 2003: In CAA's List of Top Ten Vehicle Models, General Motors Scores Zero; Ford and Chrysler Match GM; Toyota Models Number Seven
September 2002: If You're Looking for a Buick, Cadillac, or Any Other General Motors Car Model among the Winners of the CAA Pyramid Award for Vehicle Ownership Satisfaction in the Past 20 Years, Rather Don't
 
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Mazda Motor Corporation, Affiliate of Ford Motor Company
August 2005: For 2-to-3-Year-Old Model Year 2002 Vehicles, Toyota Garners 6 of Top 9, General Motors - 13 of Bottom 45
August 2005: For Vehicles 2-to-4 Years Old, Toyota Garners 11 of Top 16, General Motors - 16 of Bottom 40
March 2005: Toyota and Honda Dominate Consumer Reports 2005 Overall Quick Pick List; Big Three Score Zip
March 2005: Models Engineered by Toyota and Honda Dominate Consumer Reports Fuel Economy Quick Pick List; Big Three-Engineered Models Score Zip
March 2005: Toyota and Honda Dominate Consumer Reports Owner Satisfaction Quick Pick List; Big Three Score Zip
March 2005: Toyota and Honda Again Dominate Consumer Reports Good Bets List
March 2005: Toyota Dominates Consumer Reports Reliability Quick Pick List; Big Three Score Zip
October 2004: The 2004 Auto Reliability Updates: Toyota Continues to Govern; GM Stays Stuck ... Deep, Down and Under, and Below
March 2004: Toyota Dominates List of Best Cars and Trucks; General Motors Dominates List of Worst Cars and Trucks
March 2003: Embedded in Consumer Reports' April 2003 Auto Issue Is a New Car Selection Technique
Porsche AG
October 2004: The 2004 Auto Reliability Updates: Toyota Continues to Govern; GM Stays Stuck ... Deep, Down and Under, and Below
BMW AG
March 2005: Toyota and Honda Dominate Consumer Reports Owner Satisfaction Quick Pick List; Big Three Score Zip
October 2004: The 2004 Auto Reliability Updates: Toyota Continues to Govern; GM Stays Stuck ... Deep, Down and Under, and Below
July 2002: Of AOI's 20 Highest Mileage Vehicles, Big Three Score 0; Toyota 12
Saab Automobile AB, Subsidiary of General Motors Corporation
Volvo Division of Ford Motor Company
May 2005: In NHTSA Car Crash Tests, Lowest Score Goes to Chevrolet Cobalt, Lowest Two Scores to Buick LaCrosse, Perfect Scores to Toyota, Mitsubishi, Subaru, and Two Volvos
July 2002: Of AOI's 20 Highest Mileage Vehicles, Big Three Score 0; Toyota 12
Mitsubishi Motors Corporation
May 2005: In NHTSA Car Crash Tests, Lowest Score Goes to Chevrolet Cobalt, Lowest Two Scores to Buick LaCrosse, Perfect Scores to Toyota, Mitsubishi, Subaru, and Two Volvos
March 2005: Toyota Dominates Consumer Reports Reliability Quick Pick List; Big Three Score Zip
November 2004: Toyota and Honda Dominate Most Reliable SUV List; General Motors and Ford Dominate Least Reliable SUV List
Suzuki Motor Corporation
Mercedes-Benz Division of DaimlerBenz AG
August 2004: Toyota Dominates AOI's Rosters of High Mileage Vehicles; Mercedes-Benz Places Second: Another AOI Manufacturer Durability Award for Each
August 2003: Of AOI's 20 Highest Mileage Vehicles, Toyota Scores 11 and Garners Another AOI Auto Award
Hyundai Motor Company
May 2006: In Crash Tests of Minivans with Side Airbags, Hyundai Scores Best and GM Scores Worst
February 2003: In CAA's List of Top Ten Vehicle Models, General Motors Scores Zero; Ford and Chrysler Match GM; Toyota Models Number Seven
September 2002: Hyundai Accent Makes a Top Ten List; GM Is Left Out in the Cold
Kia Motors Corporation, Subsidiary of Hyundai Motor Company
Volkswagen AG
Ford Motor Company
April 2005: Toyota Sienna and Honda Odyssey Minivans Score Best on IIHS 2005 Crash Tests, Receive "Best Pick Frontal" Designation; GM's Chevrolet Astro, GMC Safari, Pontiac TransSport / Montana, and Chevrolet Venture Score Worst
March 2005: Toyota and Honda Again Dominate Consumer Reports Good Bets List
March 2004: Toyota Dominates List of Best Cars and Trucks; General Motors Dominates List of Worst Cars and Trucks
Chrysler Group of DaimlerBenz AG
General Motors Corporation
 
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