

Honda Accord Brand Reputation: Pros | ||
Year | Body/Powertrain | Comment |
2013 | 4dr Sedan 278-horsepower 3.5L V6 6-speed automatic FWD |
Solid car with great resale value see full Honda Accord review |
2010 | 2dr Coupe 271-horsepower 3.5L V6 5-speed automatic FWD |
Speaks for itself.....remains to be seen if it still is. see full Honda Accord review |
2010 | 4dr Sedan 271-horsepower 3.5L V6 5-speed automatic FWD |
Hondas are known for reliability and value. They run forever. Those I owned were prime examples of this. see full Honda Accord review |
2009 | 4dr Sedan 177-horsepower 2.4L I4 5-speed automatic FWD |
an apparently well-deserved reputation for reliability, based on personal experience and experience of friends and acquaintances with hondas see full Honda Accord review |
2009 | 2dr Coupe 190-horsepower 2.4L I4 5-speed automatic FWD |
Good resale value and good workmanship see full Honda Accord review |
2009 | 4dr Sedan 271-horsepower 3.5L V6 5-speed automatic FWD |
Nearly as good as toyota for reliability. see full Honda Accord review |
2008 | 2dr Coupe 190-horsepower 2.4L I4 5-speed automatic FWD |
Excellent reputation so far reflected with only one problem which was fixed. see full Honda Accord review |
2008 | 4dr Sedan 268-horsepower 3.5L V6 5-speed automatic FWD |
Excellent quality, reliability and resale see full Honda Accord review |
2008 | 4dr Sedan 268-horsepower 3.5L V6 5-speed automatic FWD |
I feel the marque makes the statement that as an owner you want reliability, performance and quality without having to cash in your 401k. see full Honda Accord review |
2008 | 4dr Sedan 177-horsepower 2.4L I4 5-speed automatic FWD |
Very good reputation. Honda known for reliability. see full Honda Accord review |
Honda Accord Brand Reputation: Cons | ||
Year | Body/Powertrain | Comment |
2004 | 4dr Sedan 160-horsepower 2.4L I4 5-speed automatic FWD |
poor warranty practises see full Honda Accord review |
Mercedes-Benz GLK Brand Reputation: Pros | ||
Year | Comment | |
2013 | The smaller the Mercedes, the more heavily it tends to trade on the three-pointed star. So the #1 reason to consider a GLK250 carries over from the GLK350 review (text from the previous review in italics): I don't personally put much stock in brands, with cars or anything else. But each time I have a Mercedes-Benz for a week the continuing power of the marque has been unavoidable. Audi and BMW now command similar prices, but haven't yet acquired the same mystique. They probably never will for people born before 1980. Until the final years of the twentieth century, Audis were largely ignored as troublesome, modestly upgraded VWs and BMW was mostly known for the compact, still semi-affordable 3-Series. Neither could hold a candle to the company that invented the mass-produced automobile and that has been strongly associated with large, top-shelf automobiles ever since. Gayla (the site's programmer, my wife) is not a car person. Her take on the GLK: "Of course it's a good car, it's a Mercedes." Some of my friends who are more into cars--and who own competing makes--similarly employ a different tone when asking about "the Mercedes." They could afford one, so why don't they own one? Partly because the brand's mystique cuts both ways. They're not interested in making such a strong status statement. Can even a compact crossover make a strong status statement? Mercedes-Benz has done its best to make this so--check out the size of the three-pointed star on the GLK's grille. see full Mercedes-Benz GLK review |
Mercedes-Benz GLK Brand Reputation: Pros | ||
Year | Body/Powertrain | Comment |
2010 | 4dr SUV 268-horsepower 3.5L V6 7-speed shiftable automatic AWD |
Trickle-down reputation from the more expensive M-Bs. see full Mercedes-Benz GLK review |