 This car has been the most reliable car my wife and I have ever owned.  We bought it as a rental return with about 16,000(?) miles on it.  It now has 116,000 miles on it and has not required a single repair.  This Ford Taurus has required fewer repairs than the Honda Civic and Subaru Loyale that we owned in the past.  The pushrod V-6 in the Taurus does not give hot rod performance, but hey you don't buy a Taurus to drag race it. It starts every time you twist the key, has a huge trunk, is comfortable, and gets decent gas mileage.