The 10 Most Reliable Automotive Brands

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Higher-tech features don’t necessarily translate to better reliability. In fact, they can often have the opposite effect.That’s why the most reliable vehicles tend to be those that use a more measured approach to new technology. “We still don’t see small displacement turbo engines in the Toyota Camry,” Jake Fisher, director of auto testing for Consumer Reports, recently told Design News. “That’s a technology that most of the competitors are using. And we’re still not seeing Apple CarPlay in their vehicles.”That philosophy is apparently working for Toyota, which finished first in Consumer Reports’ recent survey of automotive nameplate reliability. Not coincidently, the company’s luxury division, Lexus, finished second.Toyota-Lexus’ one-two finish reflected a larger trend that’s been visible across the auto industry for more than a decade. This year, the nameplate study was again dominated by Asian vehicles. Seven of the top 10 are Asian brands; two are European; and only one is American.Here, we offer a peek at the 10 most reliable nameplates, as judged by the owners of 640,000 vehicles responding to a Consumer Reports survey. Scroll through the slides above to see the best brands.