Five of the Top-Ten Longest-Lasting Vehicles Are Toyota Models

A new study by our friends at iSeeCars ranks vehicles by their likelihood to exceed 250,000 driven miles. A quarter million miles is quite an accomplishment, and any owner would be more than satisfied to own a vehicle that would last so long. As it turns out, Toyota owners are far more likely to be in that fortunate group of vehicle owners.

The study looked at the sales of over 260 million cars sold between 2012 and 2022. iSeeCars filtered out the longest-lasting models and then created an algorithm that would rank vehicles based on the likelihood they would still be on the road and being sold after they had reached the 250,000-mile milestone. The vehicles with the most likelihood of doing so were given a score related to how much more likely they were compared to the norm.

“Vehicle lifespans continue to grow, with more than 20 cars now having a 20 percent or better chance of lasting at least a quarter million miles,” said iSeeCars.com Executive Analyst Karl Brauer. “For most of the automobile’s history, 100,000 miles was considered the maximum usable lifespan. Over the past 30 years, we’ve watched an increasing number of cars reach 200,000-plus miles, and for our tenth Longest-Lasting Cars Study, we’ve expanded our analysis to predict which vehicles have the greatest likelihood of reaching 250,000 miles or more.”

After crunching the numbers using AI and a supercomputer, the iSeeCars team built a chart listing the longest-lasting models. In the top ten, five are Toyotas. All are SUVs and trucks. Included in the list are the Land Cruiser, Tundra, Sequoia, Tacoma, and 4Runner. Clearly, Toyota dominates the list. “We’ve seen models like the Toyota Land Cruiser and Sequoia consistently displaying a long potential lifespan when looking at the market data, ,” said Brauer.”

Looking deeper into the data iSeeCars collected, we see a defiant trend. The Toyota Avalon ranked 11th. The Sienna is the longest-lasting minivan, and the Camry ranks 23rd overall. In every meaningful category, Toyota has one of the longest-lasting models in the industry.

Among the other brands that ranked very well is Ford, which had the longest-lasting vehicle overall and did quite well in the truck category, with various F-Series family models earning second, third, eleventh, and thirteenth spots. Honda’s presence is also strong on this list of the longest-lasting vehicles. Honda did very well in the car and SUV categories, with nearly all its models ranked highly.

To see the full study, please visit the summary page here at iSeeCars.

John Goreham is an experienced New England Motor Press Association member and expert vehicle tester. John completed an engineering program with a focus on electric vehicles, followed by two decades of work in high-tech, biopharma, and the automotive supply chain before becoming a news contributor. In addition to his ten years of work at Torque News, John has published thousands of articles and reviews at American news outlets. He is known for offering unfiltered opinions on vehicle topics. You can follow John on Twitter, and TikTok @ToknCars, and view his credentials at Linkedin

Image of 2016 Land Cruiser courtesy of Toyota