Hi Scotty, I saw your youtube channels and heard that you say domestic/American cars aren't worth buying because I used to have a 96 Chrysler Plymouth voyager that always occur with issues and then broken down at the age of 15 in 2011 after many repairs. Now, I'm thinking about buying a new Jeep Grand Cherokee L or VW Tiguan as my first cars. Are any of them reliable according to your view because from the web it seems VW Tiguan contains many issues the past few years? or will you suggests me to buy/ get a use Mazda 5 compact car or Kia sorento?
Thanks,
Xian
VW and Jeep do not make good vehicles, and Kia/Hyundai is the bottom of the barrel.
Of everything you mentioned, go Mazda. If you are open minded, Civic and Corolla are good options.
Of the models you listed only the Mazda has a shot at being good in the long run, the others tend towards serious quality issues. Jeeps and VWs are notorious for electrical problems as well as mechanical problems, Kias for fires and bad engines.
Jeep Grand Cherokee L
No
VW Tiguan
No
Kia sorento
BIG NO
Mazda 5
Maybe
Read our buying guide in the FAQ
If you want something that will last you some good time and be trouble free then go for a Honda or Toyota. Look at the Corolla or Civic, or if you want a suv then Corolla Cross or RAV4 are good cars.
So a full size SUV, minivan or coupe/muscle cars doesn't sound like good first cars for beginner driver? Also, scotty I heard you say in a video that the Honda Oddysey is worst than the toyota sienna, even Chrysler minivans are crap? Is that really true, since I have currently an 2011 Accord and 08 CRV where the Accord seems to have issues like when car turns on the heat now, and we unsure if we plan on switching to a minivan soon?
So first of all I'm not Scotty. Second thing is please either create a new topic for a new question and mainly don't put multiple questions in one post.
You asked about first car but didn't say it's for a new driver. For a new driver definitely not a big suv or muscle car. A new driver can cause a lot of damage with it.
For minivan consider a Sienna; it's better than Odyssey. But definitely do your research on model years to buy/avoid if planning to buy used.
A first car for a new driver should be something old, cheap,slow, and cheap. He or she's gonna wreck it sooner or later anyway.
