Avoid These 5 Car Brands
What are the worst car brands to buy that are doomed to fail? That’s what we’re going to find out.
I’m going to share five car brands that make such bad cars and are in such bad shape that bankruptcy and failure seem to be looming over their heads,
which means that if you buy a new car from any one of these brands, you’re either going to end up with a problematic money pit or at best a mediocre car from a brand whose days are numbered.
Infiniti: Once Great, Now Struggling
Let’s get started with the first brand that I’m putting in the number five spot and that is Infiniti.
It is really sad to include this one because back in the early two thousands, Infiniti used to be a very desirable brand.
Sadly, Infiniti sales have been dropping and their lineup has deteriorated to the point where there’s no real reason to buy one anymore.
For example, the Q 50 sedan has been around for over a decade now with no major changes and will finally be discontinued after 2024.
The QX 50 is a reliability nightmare with a problematic engine and CVT combo and has one of the worst owner satisfaction ratings According to consumer reports,
the QX 60 was a decent three-row luxury SUV until Infiniti went and ruined it for 2025 by replacing the proven VQ V six engine with the same problematic two-liter turbo engine from the QX 50.
Why they would put such a small hopeless engine into such a large heavy SUV is really beyond me.
Then there’s the full-sized SUV, the QX 80, which was just redesigned for 2025, but again, they ditched the proven V eight engine and replaced it with a new twin-turbo V six and made it so insanely expensive that it would be a miracle if anyone actually bought one.
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Infiniti sales are almost non-existent these days, and even though the company claims that they have new models coming and they will turn things around soon,
I think it is far more likely that they will just give up and shut down given the major risk.
Buying a brand new Infiniti is just a bad move in 2025 and could be a major risk and is just not worth it unless you may get an unbelievable lease deal for just two to three years.
But beyond that, just stay away.
Buick: A Brand with No Identity
Moving on to the next car brand in the number four spot that you should avoid buying, and that car brand is Buick.
Buick, which is part of General Motors, of course, has been having a rough time here in North America for ages now.
They occupy this somewhat unusual space where they are meant to be a little bit more luxurious than Chevrolet, but not as expensive to buy as Cadillac.
But unfortunately, the strategy just does not seem to be working and nobody is buying them and it’s not hard to understand why.
Aside from the styling, there is really nothing that differentiates Buick from Chevy anymore.
They have the same features, the same drive trains, and the same technology.
The only difference is that you are paying more for Buick, so why on earth would you choose it?
As hard as GMA tried to keep it alive, there is zero reason for this brand to exist anymore, and I wouldn’t be surprised to see a drop at some point in North America.
VinFast, Lucid, and Rivian
The next brands that I’m putting in the number three spot are actually a few different brands that are all extremely similar and share the same basic issues, and those brands are Vinfast, lucid, and Rivian.
For those not familiar with them, these three brands are all relatively new automakers that produce expensive electric vehicles.
They are all sort of around the point where Tesla was around a decade ago or so, except they are all struggling with their own issues.
The major concern with them, which is the same concern I would have of any brand new company with no reputation is that they are brand new, which means as a consumer you are buying into a brand with next to no reputation, no understanding of how well made the vehicles will be, no idea of what the customer service will be like or how easy or challenging the vehicles will be to service.
Basically, you are spending an enormous amount of money taking a major gamble, and even if you by any chance have a lucky and positive ownership experience, who’s to say that the company is going to be successful and even be around after a few years?
I mean, just look at what happened to Fisker, which is going through liquidation at the moment.
No one wants to be stuck with a worthless brick that they paid a fortune for, so the risk of going down this path with any one of these brands is just too great.
That is until one of them has properly established themselves and have a proper, solid reputation so that you can have complete confidence that they’re not going anywhere and that you are going to be a hundred percent satisfied.
But that’s definitely a long road from now.
Jaguar Land Rover (JLR): Stylish but Unreliable
In any case, let’s move on to the next brand that’s in the number two spot, and now we’re getting into these seriously bad ones.
the next one on the list is JLR or Jaguar Land Rover.
Although JLR makes a few appealing vehicles, at least on the Land Rover side,
which has the popular Range Rover models that do attract buyers thanks to their style, image and heritage, for the most part, JLR is a brand that has a a lot of issues and is best to avoid.
The biggest concern with them is that just about every vehicle they make is often plagued with reliability issues, most of which are a nightmare to deal with and can cost a small fortune to repair.
It’s not uncommon to experience major reliability issues right from brand new, which means you better get acquainted with your service department at the dealership and driving loaner vehicles.
The company’s poor reputation for reliability, nightmare repairs and outrageously high repair costs have resulted in these brands having terrible resale value.
They quickly become worthless once they pass the warranty period because no one wants to get stuck dealing with all these issues that just drain your bank account.
Jaguar, in particular, however, is suffering from a far more serious problem, which is that they are on the verge of being wiped out completely.
The company has discontinued their entire model lineup for 2025, leaving only one model left just in North America, which is the F-Pace, SUV.
Supposedly Jaguar is in the process of reinventing itself into a higher end electric vehicle automaker.
But given how shaky the market has been lately for extremely expensive luxury electric vehicles, I really don’t have high hopes of that plan going anywhere.
What is more likely is that JLR will just give up on Jaguar altogether, which would be a disaster for anyone who purchases one of these.
My advice would just be to stay away.
Stellantis: A Company in Crisis
Finally, that brings us to the last car brand on the list in the number one spot, the worst car brand that should be avoided.
And for that one I am going with Stellantis, stellantis, which is an umbrella company that includes several brands including Jeep, Chrysler, Dodge, Ram, Maserati, Alfa, Romeo, and Fiat is the definition of a disaster in every possible way,
as I’ve been warning for ages now, it has only been getting worse and worse year after year, stellantis has been struggling with designing new appealing vehicles that consumers actually want and
the ones they already make have been getting wildly overpriced with price increase after price increase every year for vehicles that are for the most part, dated, undesirable, poorly made, unreliable, and absolutely tanking value over time.
It’s really hard to come up with a single stellantis vehicle that is really exempt from any of these issues.
Their lineup has been seeing price increases of 20%, 30%, even 40% over the past few years while their quality has been sinking further and further down the drain.
Stellantis is now a leader when it comes to recalls and they often come rock bottom in just about every reliability survey,
so it really should come as no surprise that Stellantis vehicles are among the slowest selling in North America with the longest market day supply on dealer lots and dealers are expressing their frustration with the company largely blaming the executive team.
Dealers are desperate for support to offload their piling inventory.
Many have reported that the company is in absolute crisis mode and is degrading rapidly as profits plummet.
Final Thoughts: Think Twice Before Buying
So to sum up, we have outrageously overpriced poor quality vehicles, awful reliability ratings, bottom of the barrel resale value.
Sky high recalls massive layoffs from the manufacturer panicking dealerships and more.