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The Car Manufacturers with the Least Reliable and Durable Cars of Model Year 1998 by CR's 2004 List of Used Cars to Avoid
This page lists the worst car manufacturers of model year 1998 by two measures, both of which employ Consumer Reports' list of Used Cars to Avoid. Both measures use the 1998 models on the 2004 list of Cars to Avoid, when the 1998 cars were about 5 ½ years old. 1998's Worst Car Makers by Share of CR's 2004 list of 1998 Cars to Avoid The 7 (9 by tie) worst car manufacturers of 1998 by share of CR's 2004 list of 1998 Cars to Avoid are listed below, together with their corresponding shares.
General Motors Corporation is first among the worst in model years 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991 (tied for first), 1992, 1993, 1995 (tied for worst), 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006.
General Motors Corporation, with debts far exceeding assets and declining sales, filed a bankruptcy petition in 2009 and changed its name to Motors Liquidation Company. A newly incorporated and U.S.-financed company took the name General Motors Corporation and acquired many of the assets, including the old manufacturing plants, as well as many of the employees, of Motors Liquidation Company, now mainly a shell.Chrysler Corporation/Chrysler Group/Chrysler LLC/Chrysler Group LLC is first among the worst in 1991 (tied for first), 1994, and 1995 (tied for worst).
Ford Motor Company is first among the worst in 1991 (tied for first).
The following bar graph depicts each car company's share of the 1998 Used Cars to Avoid in 2004 at an approximate age of 5 ½ years.
Note that Ford Motor Company's share of the worst is very small by comparison to General Motors'.
1998's Worst Car Manufacturers by Number of Manufacturer's 1998 Cars to Avoid Divided by All of Its 1998 Cars Rated in 2004 For this quality measure, we divide the car maker's number of 1998 models on CR's 2004 list of Used Cars to Avoid by the number of its 1998 models rated in Consumer Reports' April 2004 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 9 worst 1998 car manufacturers by this quality measure are, in descending order (worst first):
All of the car company quotients for model year 1998 are depicted in the following bar graph.
From the chart, we see that Ford Motor Company's fraction of the worst is small compared to General Motors', but General Motors' and Chrysler's are very similar.
Honda Motor Company made 1998's list of worst companies due to its marketing of the Passport, a rebadged sport-utility vehicle by Isuzu Motors Ltd, then an affiliate of General Motors Corporation.
The Prizm, a rebadge of the Corolla, is not included in the above computations.
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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