Reliability is the Key Factor When Buying a Used Car

Car manufacturers have been hit very hard by theLexus dealerships from around the country. An
current recession and many people thinking, or (moreabsolute steal when you consider that a brand new
realistically in these difficult financial times) dreaming ofLexus from the IS range starts at around the 30,000
buying a brand new car may have second thoughtspound mark. And, according to Parker's Car Price
and go for the more financially sensible option ofGuide the Lexus IS was the most reliable car in 2008
buying a second hand car.beating off competition from fellow Japanese brands
What then is the single most important factor forsuch as Honda and Toyota.
someone buying a used car? Is it the brand? Is it theThe consumer experts, Which?, recently assessed the
colour? Is it the size and shininess of the alloy wheels?satisfaction of consumers of brand new cars with
Is it how fast it can go from nought to sixty? Is it howregards service and repairs at franchised car dealers.
many children it can squeeze in the back? Or maybeLexus came out on top, by quite a distance, with 78
it's how economic the car is? Wrong, wrong, wrong,per cent of owners very satisfied with the service and
wrong, wrong and wrong!repairs made to their vehicles by Lexus dealerships.
The single most important factor that is considered byLexus cars, especially used Lexus cars, are growing in
the majority of people when buying a used car ispopularity in the UK but they have some way to go to
reliability. Boring it may sound, but the reliability factormatch the popularity that Lexus has found in the
outweighs the wow factor. How many people haveUnited States. In the US, marketing powerhouses, J.D
had that awful, gut wrenching experience of buying aPower and Associates voted Lexus most reliable car
used car, thinking you have secured a bargain only tobrand through a vehicle dependency survey for the
have to fork out a small fortune a couple of months, or14th consecutive year! Put that in yer pipe and smoke
even weeks, later on repair costs?it Jeremy Clarkson! Actually, in fairness to the Top
According to the Top Used Cars list of the pastGear presenter he has championed Lexus cars for a
decade, Lexus have two of their models in the top 20,number of years.
second only to Mazda and Honda, with the LexusClarkson even preferred the Lexus IS 250 SE to its
IS200 and Lexus LS400 were the two most reliablemore expensive competitor the BMW 3 series - a
Lexus vehicles in the list. Now this will be food forglowing reference if ever I saw one, especially as the
thought for those who are looking to upgrade their car3 series is BMW's most selling car of all time and
in the near future.generally marked as the benchmark for the mid-range
Try this for size - a used Lexus IS200 can be yourscoupe.
for as little as 8,000 pounds from any number of