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The Car Manufacturers with the Least Reliable and Durable Cars of Model Year 2003 by CR's 2009 List of Used Cars to Avoid
This page lists the worst car manufacturers of model year 2003 by two measures, both of which employ Consumer Reports' list of Used Cars to Avoid. Both measures use the 2003 models on the 2009 list of Cars to Avoid, when the 2003 cars were about 5 ½ years old. 2003's Worst Car Makers by Share of CR's 2009 list of 2003 Cars to Avoid The 7 worst car manufacturers of 2003 by share of CR's 2009 list of 2003 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 2003 Used Cars to Avoid in 2009 at an approximate age of 5 ½ years.
2003's Worst Car Manufacturers by Number of Manufacturer's 2003 Cars to Avoid Divided by All of Its 2003 Cars Rated in 2009 For this quality measure, we divide the car maker's number of 2003 models on CR's 2009 list of Used Cars to Avoid by the number of its 2003 models rated in CR's 2009 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 2003 car manufacturers by this quality measure are, in descending order (worst first):
Worthy of note is that Toyota Motor Corporation, with more 2003 rated models than General Motors, had not one 2003 model among the 2009 list of Used Cars to Avoid.
All of the car company quotients for model year 2003 are depicted in the following bar graph.
Note that although General Motors Corporation and Ford Motor Company have a similar number of rated cars (23 and 18, respectively), General Motors has a much larger fraction that are among 2003's worst.
The Vibe, a rebadge of the Matrix, 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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