On Toyota.. how much better can a company do? It seems like everything they do is a win for the company and customers maybe I'm drinking the koolaid..(TM is up like 30%+ in last year). They are firing on all cylinders.. Toyota is just killing it with everything they do, with their FJ(stealing road raged women from Hummer) and their Tundra(owns every other truck in it's class), Camry(seen the new body style??) and Prius etc etc… Even facing a recession I am still tempted to get back into Toyota stock… I had an 05 Tacoma that I recently sold.. I used it for 2 years, and sold it for around 15% less than I bought it for NEW… it ended up costing ~$250 a month including sales tax and license to use the truck for 2 years. I wasn't so fortunate when I sold my Ford a few years earlier, especially because I wasn't willing to withhold any information about some of it's expensive or time-bomb quirks!

Unfortunately, Toyota and Hondas these days have their own quirks too. A lot more recalls these days, although probably not the same level of quality problems that plagues other makers. Surprisely, GM vehicle quality I believe has been on the way up. It's ranked higher than Nissan overall, and I believe their trucks have pretty good reliability. However, resale value is  still a big problem.