The Most Durable Car in America Come From These Companies

By Douglas A. McIntyre Published Feb 26, 10:15AM EST

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A recent analysis reveals that Land Rovers have the highest average odometer readings.
Kia and Mazda were not too far behind in the durability rankings.

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What car stays on the road the longest? The answer is the Land Rover. Its average odometer level of 274,223 miles makes it the most durable car in America.

To get the Land Rover number, LendingTree reviewed more than 1 million auto loan inquiries on the LendingTree platform. The online insurance company reported, “Kia and Mazda aren’t too far behind (261,687 and 257,907, respectively).”

There is a very large difference between the Land Rover on one hand and the Kia and Mazda on the other. The former’s Range Rover model has a price of $107,900. Its least expensive model costs just shy of $50,000.

Most Kia vehicles have a base price of between $20,000 and $30,000. Its Soul, with a price of $20,490, is among the least expensive new cars in America.

Mazda has models nearly as inexpensive as Kia’s. Its Mazda3 Sedan has a base price of $23,950. Even its higher-priced cars cost less than $40,000.

These are the 10 most durable cars based on odometer readings:

Land Rover (274,223)
Kia (261,687)
Mazda (257,907)
Mitsubishi (257,056)
Lincoln (256,711)
BMW (254,898)
Jeep (254,203)
Pontiac (252,053)
Ford (250,329)
Mercury (250,321)

This Car Brand Tops the Charts for Reliability

About the Author Douglas A. McIntyre →

Douglas A. McIntyre is the co-founder, chief executive officer and editor in chief of 24/7 Wall St. and 24/7 Tempo. He has held these jobs since 2006.

McIntyre has written thousands of articles for 24/7 Wall St. He is an expert on corporate finance, the automotive industry, media companies and international finance. He has edited articles on national demographics, sports, personal income and travel.

His work has been quoted or mentioned in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, NBC News, Time, The New Yorker, HuffPost USA Today, Business Insider, Yahoo, AOL, MarketWatch, The Atlantic, Bloomberg, New York Post, Chicago Tribune, Forbes, The Guardian and many other major publications. McIntyre has been a guest on CNBC, the BBC and television and radio stations across the country.

A magna cum laude graduate of Harvard College, McIntyre also was president of The Harvard Advocate. Founded in 1866, the Advocate is the oldest college publication in the United States.

TheStreet.com, Comps.com and Edgar Online are some of the public companies for which McIntyre served on the board of directors. He was a Vicinity Corporation board member when the company was sold to Microsoft in 2002. He served on the audit committees of some of these companies.

McIntyre has been the CEO of FutureSource, a provider of trading terminals and news to commodities and futures traders. He was president of Switchboard, the online phone directory company. He served as chairman and CEO of On2 Technologies, the video compression company that provided video compression software for Adobe’s Flash. Google bought On2 in 2009.