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The Least Reliable and Durable Car Brands of Model Year 2006 by CR's 2012 List of Used Cars to Avoid This page lists the worst car brands of model year 2006 by two measures, both of which employ Consumer Reports' list of Used Cars to Avoid. Both measures use the 2006 models on the 2012 list of Cars to Avoid, when the 2006 cars were about 5 ½ years old. 2006's Worst Car Brands by Share of CR's 2012 list of 2006 Cars to Avoid The 10 worst car brands of 2006 by share of CR's 2012 list of 2006 Cars to Avoid are listed below, together with their corresponding shares.
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.
Noteworthy is that although the Toyota line has more than 50% more 2006 models rated in Consumer Reports' 2012 reliability tables than does the Chevrolet line (reflecting U.S. consumers' growing disinclination to buy GM vehicles and General Motors' resulting market share reduction), the Chevrolet line accounts for 14.5% of 2006 Cars to Avoid in 2012 and the Toyota line accounts for none. The brands that account for the remaining nearly 32% of 2006 cars on CR's 2012 list are Pontiac (now defunct), Mini, Cadillac, Buick, Kia, BMW, Subaru, Hummer, Land Rover, Saturn (now defunct), Audi, Lincoln, Porsche, and Mazda.
The following bar graph depicts each brand's share of the 2006 Used Cars to Avoid in 2012 at an approximate age of 5 ½ years.
2006's Worst Car Brands by Number of Brand's 2006 Cars to Avoid Divided by All of Its 2006 Cars Rated in 2012 For this quality measure, we divide the brand's number of 2006 models on CR's 2012 list of Used Cars to Avoid by the number of its 2006 models rated in CR's 2012 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 15 worst 2006 brands by this quality measure are, in descending order (worst first):
Note that the quotient ratio is large for all of the 15 Worst Brands.
All of the brand quotients for model year 2006 are depicted in the following bar graph.
Note that Ford's fraction is only about 1/3 of 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 For additional car quality information, visit www.AutoOnInfo.net and CarsOnInfo.net. In particular, for additional durability information, see:
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