Blackraven

We had a few Fords and Dodge. Both were garbage. The Escort - man the driver seat broke. I am a bit chubby ok but I'm not that big. 220lbs about max in the holidays. The engine died at 100,000km and the transmission went at 30,000km. Always maintained so no excuses. The handle for the windo also broke in half. The list goes on. It's just so bad compared to a Civic. People complain that the Japanese cars cost more maybe a grand more to buy - okay but after 7 years owning it you'll get $3k more for it when you sell it so you still come out $2k ahead.

The Dodge was the Ram V10 single cab. It did as advertised at least and the problems were relatively minor so can't complain too much - heater died and that was about it.

Wait - we also had reasonable luck with the Aerostar. This was always rated badly but ours lasted 5 years without any notable issues. Same for the Kia Sedona which is very badly rated. Other than a sticky rear release the thing was trouble free. But it sucked Gas like you would not believe and the ride was quite loose.