My current car was well-reviewed when new but had a cosmically stupid timing chain design that screws over the second or third owner. But most reviewers are targeting new-car buyers.
Thinking about that made me wonder if there are channels/creators specializing in reviews of cars that have significant mileage on them. Looking at relatively recent cars and asking “how did this model actually hold up? What design flaws should second-hand buyers watch out for?”
RCR kind of ends up doing that sometimes, but it’s not really their specific focus.
Thanks!
Well the simple fact is that you can’t assess long term reliability on a new car. That requires many data points on many high mile cars to be able to see trends.
What you can do is look at brand reputation and what parts are carried over. If the car is new, but the drivetrain is a known quantity proven to be reliable in other models then you can generally assume that the drivetrain will maintain its reliability.