Find Your
Best Car
Set your criteria. We search every major make and model and rank the best years to buy using real NHTSA recall and complaint data — no guesswork.
VEHICLE TYPE
allMODEL YEAR
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MAX RECALLS
MAKE PREFERENCE
allSorted by best reliability
Nissan NV200
~$20k–$24k est.
Audi S4
~$23k–$29k est.
Lexus UX
~$16k–$20k est.
Cadillac XT4
~$17k–$21k est.
Ford Fusion Hybrid
~$17k–$21k est.
Chevrolet Colorado
~$19k–$24k est.
Chevrolet Trax
~$12k–$15k est.
Chevrolet Camaro
~$18k–$22k est.
Toyota Avalon
~$19k–$24k est.
Nissan Maxima
~$21k–$27k est.
Nissan Murano
~$19k–$24k est.
Nissan Frontier
~$21k–$26k est.
HOW RESULTS ARE SCORED
Three weighted signals from NHTSA: recall rate (log-scaled, annual), complaint volume (gentle weight — popular cars attract more reports), and severity (deaths, injuries, crashes). Scores are age-normalized so older cars aren't penalized for having more cumulative data.
Combines reliability (55%) with value (45%). Cars with a poor safety record are capped at 55 regardless of value — a cheap unreliable car is never a good buy.
For each model, we check years in your budget window and surface the one with the strongest reliability record.
Data sourced from NHTSA Recalls API and Complaints API. Updated hourly. Prices are rough estimates based on typical depreciation — actual market prices vary.