Originally Posted by 89AKurt

Motoramic/Yahoo: <a href="http://autos.yahoo.com/blogs/motoramic/car-dealer-scientific-guide-10-worst-used-vehicles-222709616.html" target="_blank">A car dealer’s scientific guide to the 10 worst used vehicles</a><br />
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Quality is something we all want when it comes to cars, especially older used ones. But how do we get it?<br />
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I have been studying this question in one form or another for nearly 14 years now. I began my automotive career as a car dealer, buying and selling hundreds of vehicles a year. As time went on, I became an auto auctioneer, a remarketing manager and a part-owner of a wholesale auto auction.<br />
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So what out there is truly low quality? As far as those cars with the highest defect level at trade-in time, here are the 10 worst:<br />
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10. Volkswagen New Beetle ...<br />
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9. Mazda 626 ...<br />
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8. Lincoln Aviator ...<br />
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7. Jaguar S-Type ...<br />
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6. Lincoln LS ...<br />
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5. Mazda Millenia ...<br />
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4. Land Rover Discovery ...<br />
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3. <b><font color="Red">Mini Cooper</font></b> (Bad transmissions that are unusually expensive to replace. Cheap interior parts. Cheap hydraulics.)<br />
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2. Land Rover Freelander ...<br />
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1. Mazda CX-7 ...<br />
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For starters, Yahoo is bottom of the media credibility pile.<br />
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Cheap interior parts? Really?!?!? All other cars in this class look like crap.<br />
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Otherwise, I know our precious cars have issues.