Having a certain affinity for one’s vehicle isn’t at all uncommon, whether that vehicle is a brand-new muscle car or a rust-clad jalopy that tends not to start until the second or third try. As Queen’s Robert Taylor famously sung, “I’m in love with my car / got to feel for my automobile.” Everyone remembers their first car fondly, even if it was just a run-of-the-mill 15-year-old, road-worn sedan.
But which automakers produce the most cherished vehicles? Which cars leave drivers so satisfied that they buy from the same brand again and again? 💸 Don't miss the move: Subscribe to TheStreet's FREE daily newsletter 💸 Are the best-loved cars also the most reliable? Interestingly, owner satisfaction doesn’t always go hand in hand with reliability and performance, as one might expect. Some of the best-loved car models are also some of the least dependable , like the all-electric Rivian R1T pickup, which ranked 2nd overall in owner satisfaction but was also deemed the 5th-least-reliable vehicle overall by Consumer Reports. Here, we leave specific models behind and instead delve into which automakers have the most satisfied customers overall, across all of their models.
Related: The 10 cars with the most satisfied owners, according to Consumer Reports How does Consumer Reports measure owner satisfaction? Consumer Reports, a legacy consumer advocacy nonprofit that has been testing vehicles and surveying car owners for nearly a century, compiles owner satisfaction dat.