Car Brands - Worst Brands of MY 1995

The Least Reliable and Durable Car Brands of Model Year 1995 by CR's 2001 List of Used Cars to Avoid

This page lists the worst car brands of model year 1995 by two measures, both of which employ Consumer Reports' list of Used Cars to Avoid. Both measures use the 1995 models on the 2001 list of Cars to Avoid, when the 1995 cars were about 5 ½ years old. 

1995's Worst Car Brands by Share of CR's 2001 list of 1995 Cars to Avoid

The 10 (11 by tie) worst car brands of 1995 by share of CR's 2001 list of 1995 Cars to Avoid are listed below, together with their corresponding shares.

  • Chevrolet line, accounting for 16.4% of 1995 Cars to Avoid in 2001
  • Dodge line, accounting for 16.4%
  • Chrysler line, accounting for 10.9%
  • Ford line, accounting for 10.9%
  • Pontiac line (now defunct), accounting for 7.3%
  • GMC line, accounting for 7.3%
  • Plymouth line (now defunct), accounting for 5.5%
  • Oldsmobile line (now defunct), accounting for 5.5%
  • Eagle line (now defunct), accounting for 3.6%
  • Volkswagen line, accounting for 3.6%
  • Mercury line (now defunct), accounting for 3.6%
The Chevrolet brand leads the list of the worst in model years 1985, 1986, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, and 2006.
 
The Ford brand leads the list of the worst in model years 1993 and 1994.
 
The brands that account for the remaining 9% of 1995 cars on CR's 2001 list are Mitsubishi, Saab, Volvo, Jeep, and Buick.
 
The following bar graph depicts each brand's share of the 1995 Used Cars to Avoid in 2001 at an approximate age of 5 ½ years.

This is a bar graph of the brand shares of the worst cars of 1995 by CR’s 2001 list of 1995 Used Cars to Avoid. Chart by James Benjamin Bleeker, 10 March 2012.

Note that Ford's share of the worst of 1995 is small compared to Chevrolet's, even though it has almost exactly the same number of rated models (17 rated models for Ford versus 18 rated models for Chevrolet).
 
1995's Worst Car Brands by Number of Brand's 1995 Cars to Avoid Divided by All of Its 1995 Cars Rated in 2001

For this quality measure, we divide the brand's number of 1995 models on CR's 2001 list of Used Cars to Avoid by the number of its 1995 models rated in CR's April 2001 Reliability Tables. This computation is done with the intent to garner a rough estimate as to how likely a brand's models will be among the Cars to Avoid at about 5 ½ years.

The 10 worst 1995 brands by this quality measure are, in descending order (worst first):

  • Eagle line, with a quotient value of 2.00 based on 1 rated model
  • Chrysler line, with a quotient value of 1.50 based on 4 rated models
  • Volkswagen line, with a quotient value of 1.00 based on 2 rated models
  • Mitsubishi line, with a quotient value of 1.00 based on 1 rated model
  • Saab line, with a quotient value of 1.00 based on 1 rated model
  • Dodge line, with a quotient value of 0.75 based on 12 rated models
  • Plymouth line (now defunct), with a quotient value of 0.75 based on 4 rated models
  • Pontiac line (now defunct), with a quotient value of0.67 based on 6 rated models
  • Chevrolet line, with a quotient value of 0.50 based on 18 rated models
  • Oldsmobile line (now defunct), with a quotient value of 0.50 based on 6 rated models
The brand quotients for model year 1995 are depicted in the following bar graph, with worst first.

This s a bar graph of 1995’s worst car brands by dividing the number of the brand’s 1995 Cars to Avoid in 2001 by all of its 1995 rated cars in Consumer Reports’ April 2001 Reliability Tables. Chart by James Benjamin Bleeker, 10 March 2012.

The Prizm, a rebadge of the Corolla, is not included in the above computations.
 
Note that the Ford brand's fraction is very small relative to Chevrolet's.
 
Additional Resources

Best Car Brands by CR's List of Used Cars to Avoid: 1985  1986  1987  1988  1989  1990  1991  1992  1993  1994  1995  1996  1997  1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  2006 

Worst Car Brands by CR's List of Used Cars to Avoid:  1985  1986  1987  1988  1989  1990  1991  1992  1993  1994  1995  1996  1997  1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  2006

Best Car Makers by CR's List of Used Cars to Avoid: 1985  1986  1987  1988  1989  1990  1991  1992  1993  1994  1995  1996  1997  1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  2006

Worst Car Makers by CR's List of Used Cars to Avoid:  1985  1986  1987  1988  1989  1990  1991  1992  1993  1994  1995  1996  1997  1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  2006

The Best Cars of Each Model Year by Reliability-Durability GPA: 1975  1976  1977  1978  1979  1980  1981  1982  1983  1984  1985  1986  ...  2004  2005

The Worst Cars of Each Model Year by Reliability-Durability GPA: 1980  1981  1982  1983  1984  1985  1986  ...  2004  2005 

The Best Car Brands of Each Model Year by Reliability-Durability GPA: 1985  1986 ...  2004  2005

The Worst Car Brands of Each Model Year by Reliability-Durability GPA: 1985  1986 ...  2004  2005

The Best Car Manufacturers of Each Model Year by Reliability-Durability GPA: 1985  1986 ...  2004  2005

The Worst Car Manufacturers of Each Model Year by Reliability-Durability GPA: 1985  1986 ...  2004  2005

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