Consumer reports Reliability trends
 

Of the 43 models on the Most Reliable list, 36 were from Japanese manufacturers. Six came from the domestic automakers, and one came from South Korea. Twenty-one Toyota vehicles earned top ratings. Honda had 10 vehicles at the top of our Ratings. Ford and GM each had three, Subaru and Nissan each had two

The 1999 BMW 5 Series V8 had the worst engine-cooling-problem rate, with 34 percent. In addition, 2000 to 2001 BMW 5 Series V8 and BMW 7 Series all had about 30 percent of their owners reporting engine-cooling woes.

http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/c...view/index.htm

Other than that BMW only shows up once on the list.

http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/c...e-new-cars.htm

Look at the number of MBs in the empty portion of the glass..not good. :tsk:

Don't talk to me about Mercedes Benz. My grandaughters benz is in the shop. and I'm hurting. Maybe i need to get her a toyota. (Don't ask and no wise comments either :rofl: )