http://www.motorauthority.com/cars/k...ity/#more-1754

its almost ironic.... we dont buy korean cars... but they are proven more reliable

note where MINI ended up....

 

Nice to see the MINI doing better than some highly regarded companies. Especially when you consider the data is for cars between 3 and 9 years old, which means it's not even taking into account the last couple years of the R53 production, when most of the "bugs" were apparently worked out.

As for the Japanese car makers... they continue to impress, taking most of the top 10 spots.

 

I personally don't mind. Reliabilty has its place but BMWs/MINIs are much more fun to drive than anything that the other automakers are building right now.

 

Might be more reliable but this may be in part due to the Koreans using older designs from other manufacturers. Plus Korena cars are rarely aesthetically pleasing.

 

The Car Talk guys have been giving Kias and Hyundais for several years now.

 

Korean cars are pretty good now. A friend of ours has a 3 year old Kia Sorento SUV and you can't hear a rattle in that thing. Very solid build quality and you most definetely feel like you are aboard a Honda or Toyota, not a 1986 Hyundai Excel (Remember those..?)

Koreans are the guys to watch out for. They are offering the value and quality the Japanese used to offer 15-20 years ago.

 

I read an article yesterday that was surprising. Here is a brief quote from it.

"Last year, Toyota recalled 2.38 million vehicles in the U.S. -- more than the 2.26 million vehicles Toyota sold in that year. "