LOS ANGELES - APRIL 24: An employee washes a customer's Toyota at the world's largest auto dealership, Longo Toyota, which enjoys continued strong sales after a record quarterly report for Toyota April 24, 2007 in El Monte, California. Japan-based Toyota has announced that it has overtaken American auto giant General Motors (GM) with worldwide sales reaching 2.35 million cars and trucks in the first quarter of 2007. GM announced its total for the same period was 2.26 million. As Toyota increased sales in every major market, GM gained market share in China but continued to struggle at home and in Europe and has never penetrated far into Japanese market. Toyota's achievement marks another milestone in the long decline of industrial dominance by U.S. car makers. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)(Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)
DETROIT (WWJ) – Looking for a reliable late-model used car? Consumer Reports magazine’s advice: buy Japanese.
If a new car is not in your budget Consumer Reports says Japanese vehicles are the most trouble-free in each of nine categories, including best used small car, best used luxury car and best used pickup, WWJ Newsradio 950’s Paul Snider reports.
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