Monday, October 27, 2008

Consumer Reports: Scion xD highest quality car for '08


Consumer Reports has released its annual reilability rankings, and Scion was ranked number one for this year. On top of that, the Scion xD was ranked the number one vehicle overall for reliability.

Overall top five were like this:

1. Scion
2. Acura
3. Honda
4. Toyota
5. Lexus

Of the top five, two were subcompacts—the xD and the Honda Fit.

FYI, the Scion xD is based on the Toyota Yaris chassis, and uses a 128 hp, 1.8-liter engine. It is also sold in Japan as the Toyota Ist.

LINKS
Consumer Reports Annual Reliability Rankings
Scion.com
Scionlife.com
Consumer Reports

2 comments:

Unknown said...

Anyone interested in vehicle reliability might want to also check out TrueDelta's results:

http://www.truedelta.com/latest_results.php

We update promptly and four times a year, so these results are based on much fresher data. We also post the actual repair rates.

Andy Lilienthal said...

Thanks for the link, michael—good info!