Flashy ads with your favorite celebrities or sleek designs your friends are bragging about can easily influence the brand you shop when you’re ready to buy a new car. But the truth is these aren’t always the best options. Who better to ask about which brands make the worst cars than the people who spend every day working on them? Mechanics on TikTok are going viral for sharing which car brands they wouldn’t touch, and their reasoning may surprise you.
“I would never own a Hyundai or Kia product or basically anything KDM,” says one mechanic on the Tire Boss Inc. account. His reasoning? “Because they just keep blowing up.” Another mechanic also said he’d never own a Hyundai. “Not good cars at all” was his reasoning. “Nothing about Hyundai is good.”
Kia is another brand these mechanics don’t trust. “After 100,000 miles, they just start falling apart,” another mechanic added.
So, which car brand should you be driving? Another trending video from Genuine Automotive ATX reveals the brands they think make the safest cars. The most trusted car brands aren’t luxury vehicles that cost thousands of dollars. They’re brands that make reliable vehicles with parts that are easy to find and offer lower long-term maintenance costs over time. According to these mechanics, Volvo, Ford, and Toyota make the safest, most trust-worthy cars. Tesla was also among the safest car brands mentioned.
If you’re shopping for a new car, don’t forget the real costs of ownership; the ones that go far beyond the sticker price. Mechanics see patterns the rest of us don’t and know which brands eat through transmissions, SUVs that chew up brakes, or sedans that seem allergic to working AC systems. So take what the salesman has to say with a grain of salt and consult wiht a mechanic (or the guys on TikTok) before you make your purchase.
