Toys4RJill

Japanese Brands Own The List Of Cars U.S. Owners Keep For 10+ Years

http://www.carscoops.com/2016/12/jap...f-cars-us.html
The full list looks like this and includes the percentage of original owners keeping the car for 10 or more years:

1. Toyota Highlander Hybrid - 32.1%
2. Toyota Prius - 32.0%
3. Toyota Highlander - 29.0%
4. Toyota Sienna - 28.7%
5. Honda Pilot - 27.2%
6. Honda CR-V - 25.2%
7. Toyota RAV4 - 24.9%
8. Subaru Forester - 24.2%
9. Lexus RX Hybrid - 24.1%
10. Honda Odyssey - 24.0%

On average, just 12.9% of people are likely to hold onto their cars for at least 10 years, and only the Camry (20.3%), Accord (17.7%), Civic (17.1%), Silverado 1500 (13.9%) and Altima (13.3%) owners are keeping their cars more than the nationwide average.

Looking at it from a brand perspective, you'll see that four out of the top five brands are Japanese (Toyota - 22.2%, Honda - 20.2%, Subaru - 19.1%, Acura - 17.8%), followed by Hyundai (17.4%), Lexus (16.5%), Kia (15.1%), Mazda (14.2%), Nissan (13.5%) and GMC (13.0%) finally cracking the list at number 10 as the only domestic brand.

Another top 10, this time for passenger cars their owners keep for at least 10 years (average at 12.9%), looks like this:

1. Toyota Prius - 32.0%
2. Toyota Avalon - 21.6%
3. Hyundai Azera - 21.1%
4. Toyota Corolla - 20.4%
5. Toyota Camry - 20.3%
6. Audi A3 - 18.9%
7. Mazda3 - 18.4%
8. Honda Accord - 17.7%
9. Hyundai Elantra - 17.5%
10. Honda Civic - 17.1%

Finally, if you're curious about trucks only, just 9 models tend to stay with their owners more than the nation-wide average of 12.9%:

1. Honda Ridgeline - 22.3%
2. Toyota Tundra - 21.5%
3. Toyota Tacoma - 21.4%
4. Nissan Titan - 17.9%
5. Nissan Frontier - 17.0%
6. Chevrolet Colorado - 15.1%
7. GMC Canyon - 15.1%
8. Chevrolet Silverado - 13.9%
9. GMC Sierra 1500 - 13.7%
10. RAM 1500 - 11.5% (less than the average)

TRDRAV4

So surprising...

JDR76

Highlander Hybrid FTW!!!

grabber2

Lexus RX Hybrid !!!

I was planning to sell mine......but never did

mmarshall

The Hyundai Azera's standing might be skewed a little bit, because the very first models were introduced to the American market right around 10 years ago, and relatively few of them have been sold.

Might be interesting to see where the Ford F-150 would have ranked on the truck list (it's not there), since it is a classic icon that is loved by so many buyers.

Toys4RJill

For all the talk about how great American cars are and how people should give them a chance. NOT ONE American car made the passenger car list. I wonder why?

mmarshall

Simple. Many of the best American-badged cars today haven't even been on sale ten years. Or, if they have, the newest versions, which have been out only a few years, (like the Chevy Impala and Cadillac CTS), are far better than their predecessors.

Also, most of the regular cars on that list (the Audi A3 being a possible exception) have a relatively long record of above-average reliability.

mmarshall

One other thing interesting. The Honda Ridgeline (which has been out roughly 10-11 years) took a lot of flak when it was introduced, and panned for not being "real" truck. Yet, owners seem to like it....it ranks #1 on the list for long-term popularity. My pastor, in fact, just bought a new one....in the special Black Edition package.

bitkahuna

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a well earned reputation for long term reliability. i think there's also something circular going on though... these BUYERS buy cars intending on keeping them for 10+ years and thus look for brands they believe will last that long. so buyers of other brands sell them sooner because they're just different buyers, not because the cars won't last 10+ years. i bet bmw buyers probably average 2-3 years tops.

mmarshall

You'd probably win that bet.......mainly because of BMW's traditionally good leasing terms, and the fear of high costs for parts/service/repairs if not warranty-covered.

SW17LS

Precisely. And this is a conclusion I have come to...since I don't keep cars that long I'm going to stop compromising on the initial enjoyment of a car for the long term reliability...which I never use.

mmarshall

Not only that, but my view is that while one should not spend a great deal of money needlessly, it doesn't hurt to get experience with different brands and/or vehicles. I had a 1999 Saturn SL2, for example, which I only kept a couple of years, but I found the original S-series of Saturn compacts quite interesting with their dent-resistant thermo-plastic side-panels, ingenious spin-off transmission filter, generally good reliability, and the extremely customer-friendly sales/service policies of the parent company. I wasn't disappointed...it was an excellent experience.

TRDRAV4

For hybrids, you need to keep the vehicle a longer amount of time for the cost to amortize. So by around 10 years, you've broken even!

mmarshall

Part of that, of course, depends on the cost of gas. In general, the more expensive gas sets, the quicker over time the added cost of a hybrid is recovered over its gas-engined counterpart.

Toys4RJill

I believe GM has had hybrids for 10+ years now. So no hybrids from GM on the list? Are owners ditching them early?