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Originally Posted by photon
Any measurement of reliability, quality, longevity, etc is going to be over a large # of vehicles, and only makes sense over a large # of vehicles. Even the worst manufacturer will have a percentage of their vehicles that will be great, and even the best will have a percentage of their vehicles that are lemons.
So owning one or talking to a neighbour that's had one is almost useless, it's basically anecdotal evidence. Only by looking at large #'s can the difference between model A and model B be evaluated, and even then you're only skewing your odds somewhat.
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What I look at is what the taxi fleets are using. They deal with mass numbers of vehicles and have to put their money where it works best. The only problem is taxis are limited to only a few body styles. I don't live in the city anymore but at one team they were using Chev Impala's, Chrysler mini-vans and sedans, and Ford Escape hybreds and their Crown Victorias. The thing is the Crown Vics were the worst of the big three domestic manufactures rear wheel drive cars but Consumer Reports were in love with Ford, so Dodge and GM couldn't compete.