They are consistently at the top of reliability rankings. https://www.consumerreports.org/car-reliability-owner-satisf...

https://www.consumerreports.org/car-reliability-owner-satisf... : "Toyota, Lexus, and BMW are the top three most reliable brands in our annual auto reliability brand rankings"

https://www.forbes.com/wheels/news/consumer-reports-reliabil... : 5 of top 10 are Toyota

BMW, number 3?! They must build them different in the US, surely.

BMW = "Bring My Wallet" because those multi-thousand $$$ shocks won't replace themselves for free after 4 years

In the US it seems like they're built to barely make it to the end of the leasing period and then implode. They're really going to town with the "snap-in" fittings for hoses in the engine because putting a metal hose clamp on seems to increase COGS I guess.

> They're really going to town with the "snap-in" fittings for hoses in the engine because putting a metal hose clamp on seems to increase COGS

It's a labor saving thing. It's cheaper to design a fancy snap-together plastic connector once, buy a few million from overseas and than it is to have expensive first world labor tighten hose clamps.

Toyota scored 1st and 2nd (Toyota and Lexus) in Consumers reports 2022 reliability rankings: https://www.consumerreports.org/car-reliability-owner-satisf...

Lexus is number one in JD Power's 2023 rankings: https://www.jdpower.com/business/press-releases/2023-us-vehi...

My new Tacoma is garbage, so many electric/computer problems and under 20k miles. Has spent at least 4 weeks in shop during first year of owning it.

My bad, I got a wrong source.