Rev up your engines, today I'm going to talk about the 5 most reliable
cars of 2018, and before I start talking about those 5 cars, realize that it's based on my
personal experience as a mechanic about cars and research that I've done that's based on
a study of 500,000 vehicles, so this isn't just some random thing that's made out of
the blue, now number 5 on the list is the toyota corolla,
they've sold millions of those things and they continue to be extremely reliable dependable
vehicles, they come in a range of models and funny enough for me because I like this old
2007 matrix, they now have a toyota corolla hatchback and the hatchback to me looks exactly
like a toyota matrix and anyways this 07 is basically a toyota corolla with a different
body stuck on it anyways, even my 94 celica, hey that's pretty much
based on a toyota corolla, it's got the same engine, transmission, corollas are dependable
cars, their comfy and their even getting sporty, my oldest son recently bought a new toyota
corolla s, the s really is a sporty car, he was even surprised at how fast it accelerated
with even the CVT transmission and strangely enough he's even getting better gas mileage
than the rating was which surprised me because he kind of drives like a maniac,
next on the list is the mazda mx-5 better known as the miata, personally I like them
best with the manual transmission then their much sportier to drive but they are increasing
the horsepower in them, they're increasing the horsepower from 155 to 181 horsepower
and that's pretty zippy for a light little car like the miata, they've always been known
for tight steering, they've really perfected the suspension on them, and their quality
built little sports cars, because not often do the words reliable and
sports cars go together but it certainly does with the miata and it has over history, hey
I've got a customer with one and he's a judge and for fun he races miatas, they have circuits
where these guys race miatas against each other, they have various rules and they have
to follow them and it's actually kind of fun racing them, they go to the actual races,
he's been to the grand prix track in Austin Texas, guy have a lot of fun with those things,
now number 3 on the list is the toyota prius prime, these things get insane gas mileage,
55 mpg in town, yeah their backwards because they have regenerative electricity but they
have a range of 640 miles, and since their aerodynamically designed so they get the best
gas mileage, they also have very responsive handling, now I know people say, scotty you're
not a hybrid fan, well I am personally not but I'm talking about people going out, buying
a brand new car and seeing if that car has quality in it,
and strangely enough number 2 on the list is the toyota prius c, two priuses on the
top 5, they are well built I'll give them that, now the c isn't a plug in hybrid like
the prius prime is, so is costs quite a bit less and it still gets good gas mileage, now
yes the toyota c is a little more of a noisier car to drive around in because it's smaller
than the other one, it's more of a sub compact car but for a sub compact car it's really
well built, the toyota prius c has a pretty big carrying capacity for it, you can put
a lot of cargo in that thing, it is a sub compact car theirs no arguing that, but it's
probably the best built sub compact car, being the most affordable and getting the best gas
mileage of any non plug in hybrid makes the prius c a good bargain for somebody who's
looking for a hybrid car, and here's the moment you've been waiting
for, the most reliable car of 2018 is the lexus gx, now we are talking the most reliable
here, we're not talking about gas mileage, compared to the prius these things are gas
hogs, their giant vehicles that have big v8 engines in them, and get pretty low gas mileage,
it's rated at 15 mpg in the city and 18 on the highway, and your only going to get that
if you drive conservatively, if you drive it really hard in the city, I got customers
with those things and their getting closer to 10 mpg in the city,
but their the number 1 in reliability, their fast, their smooth and they can tow 6,500
pounds if you really want to, and of course they got tons of space inside, theirs a lot
of things that have space inside but let me tell you a lot of those big old SUVs over
time they are not reliable like a lexus or toyota, really it's the same company,
and judging from my experience of working on these things for decades, hey this may
be 2018 I'm talking about but I can just about guarantee you that if you bought one it's
going to last for a long time, I've got customers driving lexus suvs around that have 300,000
miles and their still running pretty much trouble free, with very little maintenance,
unlike some like Cadillac, their digital displays systems seem to work forever, they don't break
down after a few years and cost a fortune to repair, they've got legendary toyota quality
behind them, now yeah your paying between $52,000-$63,000
for the fully loaded gx but for that kind of money at least your getting quality, and
quality that should last over a long period of time, unlike a lot of the expensive suvs,
they got all kinds of stuff loaded, some of them have more room, some of them are faster,
but in the long run your better off buying a lexus if you want to keep your car for a
really long time, now if your really hooked on the styling of a BMW or a Porsche suv or
even a Lambo suv hey my advice, if you want to get it out of your system lease it, and
then when your done you give it in, and you won't have to deal with repairs,
this is my wife's 17 year old lexus that I paid $4,000 for, does it look like a 17 year
old car, it doesn't ride like 17 year old car, it is smooth as silk, you want to keep
a vehicle forever, pick the right one in the first place,
so now you know the top 5 reliable cars of 2018 and if you're in the market for one,
now you know what's going to be reliable, so if you never want to miss another one of
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