Yahoo Autos The 5 Longest-Lasting Vehicles on the Road? They're All Toyotas
A recent study conducted by iSeeCars lists the top 30 vehicles most likely to reach 250,000 miles — and perhaps unsurprisingly, there are quite a few Toyotas on the list. In fact, Toyota dominates the top of the list, claiming the first five spots in the longevity study, with another Toyota and a Lexus also making it into the top 10. In other words, 70% of the 10 longest-lasting vehicles on the road are Toyota products.
The Toyota Tundra is ranked the most likely to reach the quarter million-mile milestone, with a 36.6% chance of hitting 250K — more than four times higher than the average vehicle's odds. The Sequoia comes in next, at 36.4%; rounding out the top five are the 4Runner, Tacoma and Highlander Hybrid, with 26.8%, 26.7%, and 25.9% odds, respectively. The Toyota Avalon came in at number eight, with a 22% chance of going 250,000 miles, but that's enough to make it the sedan with the best odds of reaching the quarter-million mile marker. (The sole Lexus in the top 10, by the way: the Lexus GX.)
The iSeeCars study — now in its 11th year — reviewed 402 million vehicles to determine the longest-lasting ones on American roads. The odometer reading was noted for each vehicle at each age, and a formula was then applied to estimate the probability that each vehicle would survive to 250,000 miles. The overall probability for all vehicles in the study was 8.6%.
As a brand in general, Toyota also topped the list, with a 17% chance of any Toyota vehicle reaching 250,000 miles. (That's double the industry average.) Honda was second, at 13.6%; meanwhile, Ram was the highest-rated domestic brand, at 11.5%.
The study also separated heavy-duty truck models, which tend to live very different lives than most passenger vehicles, into their own segment. There, the Ram 3500 came out on top, with a 42.6% chance to go the 250K distance. That's the only segment not led by a Toyota vehicle.
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