In regards to reliability, serviceability, repairability, part availability, etc?
Like is there a vehicle today that we will see 30 years in the future with no quit?
A 2002-2006 Camry is pretty similar to 90s Camrys 😂
Definitely not
If I understand the question correctly, how about a new Suzuki Jimny? Seems bulletproof, you can buy today brand new and comes with mostly old and reliable tech.
No, and with all the safety and emissions regulations there never will be.
You can rest assured that practically every car today is built better, and to better standards, than nearly every car built 30 years ago.
Subaru BRZ / Toyota 86 as far as sports cars go. They still have that 90s-esq simplicity. No hybrid, no turbo, mostly manual trans, RWD, great fuel economy, cheap to own, very easy to work on, massive aftermarket support, and are still being made.
I commute in to work often beside a 1987 through 1992 model Toyota Corolla - and he’s on the turnpike with us, too.
Just buy one of those and rebuild each system as necessary to keep it running.
Hilux. coz its still a hilux.
I doubt vehicles will ever be made to last that long even if possible. Especially as newer types of cars (EVs) have less maintenance costs the dealers are really going to need to push people into buying a new car every X number of years, which I imagine theyll do with planned obsolescence like all the electronics manufacturers do.
They are already doing it now, if your battery is done for they just say oh well buy a new battery for 10K or a new car lol
You can easily pay $10k to replace a gasoline engine too, though, these days.
Most newer Toyota or Honda vehicles will hold up quite well.
Short answer is no. Those were the pinnacle of auto reliability. Seems to be more focus on cost cutting now and significantly more tech to go bad.
EVs may have potential to raise the reliability bar once the tech is refined and battery life extended.
I mean, the 9th Gen Accord is pretty reliable. I have a 2015 I bought new, used and abused the shit out of it. No proper maintenance cycle, replacing things once they broke and I have 320k miles on it. I’ve had 2 sets of rotors. Maybe 6 sets of pads. 3 alternators. 7 batteries. 1 starter. 2 sets of spark plugs. 1 valve cover gasket. 1 PCV valve. And now just a month ago, my A/C fan motor just gave out.
Definitely nothing domestic
“Domestic” doesn’t really have any meaning any more. Toyota and Hyundai make their North American market products in Alabama, and GM’s NA factories are in Canada and Mexico.
Nowadays it’s not about where it was built, it’s about where it was designed. The Asian automakers still design more reliable vehicles than either American or European automakers, although some Asian automakers have begun to “Americanize” their products for a greater emphasis on expedient manufacture versus reliability and ease of maintenance. (Toyota’s recent HVAC changes is an example here, as they’ve started to move away from easily accessible and replaceable evaporator cores in some of their cars in favor of a self-contained airbox that’s easier/faster to install during assembly. Instead of popping out the glovebox and blower assembly and accessing the evap core without having to remove the whole airbox assembly, they’re starting to require dash pulls.)
Ford still makes vehicles in the US. Good point with Toyota and Hyundai/Kia though.
I’d go Toyota or Lexus… granted Lexus doesn’t have the same “next level” features that they used to but still. Toyota parts.