Originally Posted by patentcad

Anecdotal evidence is to the contrary. Toyotas and Hondas have fewer annoying maintenance hassles in that critical 75-150,000 mile range. Critical for us, we drive our cars 15-25K miles per year. They also are more likely to go 200-250K+ miles without major repairs than American cars. I'd agree if you're keeping a car for 44-80K miles, you might have a case, but that's not how we drive. Most Americans do, but the big problem is lack of confidence in the Big 3 on the long term reliability issue.