What are the shortest-lasting cars where you live?

As the title says. What cars end up being junked earlier than the others where you live?

In mideastern Poland, what fails to last is some early-to-mid-2000s turbodiesels with notorious repair costs, like the 2nd gen Renault Laguna, Scenic, Megane, 2nd gen Ford Mondeo, 1st gen Focus or Fiat Stilo. The risk of high repair costs drives prices down, which often sends those cars to the junkyard when those repair bills come - and high depreciation sending the cars to the hands of uncaring owners doesn't help.

Even cheapo minicars like the Fiat Seicento or Daewoo Matiz last longer than some of the money pits.

 

VWs around my area seem to frequently have turbocharger problems (I honestly suspect the owners of never changing the air filter though...).

 

ford modeo ugh

 

Ford is a real champ in the "shortest dealer-junkyard route" race.

Mondeo and Focus diesels, Ka rust, a history of crappy automatics, Triton V8...

 

modern VW's I used to see a bunch but not anymore. my area used to be mostly older cars until cash for clunkers came around, then many people started leasing cars

 

Older Volvos and German cars, particularly BMWs and Benzes
People around my area just don't treat these legends right. That could just be because I live in the Tri-State Area and barely anyone with luxury cars or just good cars cares for them

 

I wouldn't call them "legends", they're just cheap used Euro luxury cars. The only "legendary" thing would be how much the care you're talking about would cost.

 

Well.... this one is tough especially with me and my family.... my family owns Toyotas... those things have not given a problem at all.Toyotas and hondas are some of the most reliable vehicles available to date. They have lasted us over 25 years. Admittedly, I can't think of ANY that have not lasted long.

 

Same here. Cars in mass are a wacky mix of new and old. Random cars make it to old age. I don’t really see any pattern.

 

old vauxhall vectras
No one here cared for them

 

Mk3 Golf few years ago i saw thousands of them..Today i only see a swarm of Mk4 Golfs I like the Mk4 and Mk3 golf actually.

 

That would still mean they lasted for about two decades.

 

I haven't really kept track of how often a neighbor changes their vehicle. In my area you don't see cars break down a lot. You either want a new car, or you got in an accident. My cousin's 2004 Toyota Corolla has been in his family for more than ten years and it's still running fine. That's one good thing about Toyota...

 

Any V.A.G product (like Skoda,Seat,Audi and Volkswagen) lasts for a decade. Audis and TDI Golfs have a reliability of a Camry except Audis arent boring like camrys.

 

Audis aren't that interesting either.

 

But the ones from the 80s and 90s are imo.

 

Ordinary premium cars.

 

Subarus (mostly Legacies - other models always were rare among cars aged over 10). As our roads are blasted with massive amounts of very aggressive salt 5 months a year, people often opt for winter beaters. Their impressive offroad performance makes Subarus the best candidates. However, they're very susceptible to rust, so a few years as a winter beater send them to their grave. A sad story of a car that couldn't survive in the environment it was perfect for .
However, this seems to be changing as Mk4 Legacies are still going strong (but previous generations have disappeared). Also, Legacy/Outback is currently one of the most visually common cars in traffic (used to be the most common before Legacy was withdrawn from our market), so there's plenty of observation objects.

 

Subarus seem to be succeesful not because of, but despite the importers' best efforts.

 

Well, Korean crap and Jap diesels. German cars seem to last longer. Not enough Ladas to compare, but there are still some Classic taxis and newer Kalinas and Vestas.