HCH 2005 made the list according to CU, and hybrids in general are showing above average quality (since most are made by Toyota and Honda that is no big surprise):

http://www.cnn.com/2005/AUTOS/10/26/...ble/index.html

Notice the preponderance of Honda and Toyota, with a sprinking of Subaru, Nissan, and Mazda. The Monte Carlo stands alone as the only non-Japanese car to make the list.

Bad news about Nissan too, looks like they no longer meet the grade as a reliable high-quality manufacturer as only their luxury Infiniti line made the list at all, and some of their Nissan branded models made the worst quality list. The big 5 (in terms of quality) may have become the big 4.

- Kurt

 

I'm pleasantly shocked the HCH outranked even Corolla. Not surprised at all that 22 bottom-feeders were US-made.

 

Perhaps the reason for that is the Nissan-Renault partnership. Nissan employs plenty of Renault components, and viceversa.

I once had a Renault 12, one of the very first front wheel drive vehicles available in the mid-70s. It really had a lot of performance and handled better than almost anything available at the time (in the price range of course).

However, when it came to reliability, the thing sucked big-time. I won't bug you with the details, but the last straw was when the aluminum head just cracked for no reason.