What car has the best ever build quality?

[Sa Calobra]

Bungleaio said:

Recently I've been running new to 2 is year old cars which have all been pretty much faultless as you would expect.

As for cars that are a few years I have a 1993 mini which is in constant need of something it is neither good quality of well built. My dad however has a 2002 Honda jazz which lives outside year round and has no special treatment other than being kept clean and an annual service. The only time it fails to start is because its been left too long between uses and the battery has dropped voltage. A quick charge later and it fires up straight away. If my life depended on it I would be confident that it would drive to China tomorrow. Its not high quality but it is built well.

Has he sorted out water leaking in and filling the car with water?

[F1GTRUeno]

Early 90's S-Class surely.

[oceanview]

This was built like a tank- at the time (2009-2012) , I compared it to the then new SL and the new one felt like a kia in comparison- older car just felt so much more quality from the way the doors shut and the boot to the solid, extremely well built interior.

[Pothole]

According to Leno who, despite all his faults, has had people pull apart more cars for him than nearly all of us could dream of, Early 20th centtury Packards and Chryslers are right up there. Hugely overengineered.

My 1998 Volvo S90 was superb and squeak free even with 126000 miles on it. Not quite sturdy enough to withstand 4 or 5 impacts with Armco, though.

[Jazzer]

My current Cayman GTS is well built and beautifully finished. The F10 M5 was very solid too. I came to close to buying an E39 M5 back in 2007, a quality product for sure!

[Uncle John]

1998 Toyota hilux pickup.

The heavy gun mounted on the back still fires straight & true.

Even the graphic equaliser on the Sanyo 20 x 20w still cuts the mustard. Tweaking the sound from Mozart through to Metallica.

Edited by Uncle John on Friday 28th December 18:38

Edited by Uncle John on Friday 28th December 18:41

[NickGRhodes]

Rolls Royce Silver Shadow and Volvo 240 have got to be contenders.

[OnePaintedMan]

Porsche 993 and 968. Close thread.

Seriously. I owned a 993 and that felt like it was carved from granite. The following Boxster I owned just felt tinny in comparison (although still higher quality than a lot of modern cars).

I've just bought a 24 year old 968 Sport with 118k on the clock and it feels and drives like it's just left the showroom. Not a squeak or rattle anywhere and everthing feels tight and works.

Granted, it's been well maintained but it is simply quality engineering without bean counting getting in the way!

Edited by OnePaintedMan on Thursday 3rd January 12:41

[BertieWooster]

bongtom said:

Truckosaurus said:

That whole class of American large SUV seem to have been built with a nod to longevity. Interestingly the Sequoia is nearly half the price of the (big) Land Cruiser stateside ($49k vs $85k)

Probably because the Sequoia/Tundra/Tocomas are built in the US whereas the Land Cruisers are not. Must be a tax thing.

The Land Cruiser is seen as a luxury go-anywhere 4x4 over here in the US, so it commands a premium. Lexus do a top of the range version called the LX570.

I'm actually looking at getting a Sequoia to replace my Highlander.

[wong]

Lexus.

https://usedcars.lexus.co.uk/en/used-lexus/Lexus/I...

2004 Approved pre-owned IS200 available from Lexus dealer with one year warranty for 4K! (excludes batteries, exhaust, interior trim ) . How many manufacturers will be willing to approve a 15 year old car!

[GiveItSomeWellie]

Matt Farah's Lexus LS400 has just ticked over one million miles, on it's original engine that apparently has never been opened up. He did say it was on it's 3rd gearbox, but has all original bodywork and nearly all original interior. Remarkable achievement.

[otolith]

Perhaps a good question to pin down what people mean by it would be "does the Cayman GT4 have great build quality?"

Expensive looking interior materials, solid feeling fittings, nice switches, tight, consistent panel gaps, no creaks or rattles, catastrophic structural failure of strut towers...

[Jimmy Recard]

wong said:

Lexus.

https://usedcars.lexus.co.uk/en/used-lexus/Lexus/I...

2004 Approved pre-owned IS200 available from Lexus dealer with one year warranty for 4K! (excludes batteries, exhaust, interior trim ) . How many manufacturers will be willing to approve a 15 year old car!

Amazing attention to detail regarding that V6 too!

To be honest, £4K vs the £400 the car is really worth? That would easily pay for any likely problems over that year

[st4]

Lexus and Toyota followed by Honda.

Nothing else compares to Japanese cars for build, reliability and dependability. I'll never buy anything other than a Lexus or Toyota. They are amazing cars that nothing comes close to for driver enjoyment, luxury and refinement and reliability.