Broken down Cars as of May 2024

 Whenever Beth and I take a road trip, we record the makes of the cars we see broken down beside the highway. We update after every trip and will continue to do so as we travel...As of the date in the title the totals were :

 Chevrolet/GMC -108   Dodge/Jeep- 64   Ford- 57   Honda/Acura- 35   Toyota/Lexus- 24   Nissan/Infiniti-23    Subaru-10     VW-8      Kia/Hyundai-14     Mazda- 5   Mitsubishi-5 BMW-5    Suzuki-2    Volvo-1   Also 5 unidentified vehicles of which we could not determine the manufacturer. 

       This is by no means a scientifically accurate indication of the reliability of these brands, because we do not know the age and maintenance records of the broken cars and other important information; generally speaking, foreign cars have a much better reliability record than domestic vehicles, and that pattern shows up in our informal observations. In the year 2022 the U.S. sales compared to 2021 were as follows.

1.	Toyota	1,849,751	Down 9%
2.	Ford	1,767,439	Down 2%
3.	Chevrolet	1,502,389	Up 6%
4.	Honda	881,201	Down 33%
5.	Hyundai	724,265	Down 2%
6.	Kia	693,549	Down 1%
7.	Jeep	684,612	Down 12%
8.	Nissan	682,731	Down 25%
9.	Subaru	556,581	Down 5%
10.	Ram Trucks	545,194	Down 16%
11.	GMC	517,649	Up 7%
12.	Mercedes-Benz	350,949	Up 7%
13.	BMW	332,388	Down 1%
14.	Volkswagen	301,069	Down 20%
15.	Mazda	294,908	Down 11%
16.	Lexus	258,704	Down 15%
17.	Dodge	190,793	Down 12%
18.	Audi	186,875	Down 5%
19.	Cadillac	134,726	Up 14%
20.	Chrysler	112,713	Down 2%
21.	Buick	103,519	Down 42%
22.	Acura	102,306	Down 35%
23.	Volvo	102,038	Down 16%
24.	Mitsubishi	102,037	Down 16%
25.	Lincoln	83,486	Down 4%
26.	Porsche	70,065	Flat
27.	Genesis	56,410	Up 14%
28.	INFINITI	46,619	Down 20%
29.	MINI	29,504	Down 1%
30.	Alfa Romeo	12,845	Down 30%
31.	Maserati	6,413	Down 10%
32.	Bentley	3,975	FLAT
33.	Lamborghini	3,134	Up 3%
34.	Fiat	915	Down 61%
35.	McLaren	840	Down 35%
36.	Rolls-Royce	460