A study conducted by iSeeCars lists the top 30 vehicles most likely to reach 250,000 miles—and perhaps unsurprisingly, there are quite a few Toyotas on the list. In fact, Toyota dominates the top of the list, claiming the first five spots in the longevity study, with another Toyota and a Lexus also making it into the top 10. In other words, 70 percent of the 10 longest-lasting vehicles on the road are Toyota products.
The Toyota Tundra is ranked the most likely to reach the quarter-million-mile milestone, with a 36.6 percent chance of hitting 250K—more than four times higher than the average vehicle’s odds. The Sequoia comes in next, at 36.4 percent; rounding out the top five are the 4Runner, Tacoma, and Highlander Hybrid, with 26.8 percent, 26.7 percent, and 25.9 percent odds, respectively. The Toyota Avalon came in at number eight, with a 22 percent chance of going 250,000 miles, but that’s enough to make it the sedan with the best odds of reaching the quarter-million-mile marker. (The sole Lexus in the top 10, by the way: the Lexus GX.)
The iSeeCars study—now in its 11th year—reviewed 402 million vehicles to determine the longest-lasting ones on American roads. The odometer reading was noted for each vehicle at each age, and a formula was then applied to estimate the probability that each vehicle would survive to 250,000 miles. The overall probability for all vehicles in the study was 8.6 percent.
As a brand in general, Toyota also topped the list, with a 17 percent chance of any Toyota vehicle reaching 250,000 miles. (That’s double the industry average.) Honda was second, at 13.6 percent; meanwhile, Ram was the highest-rated domestic brand, at 11.5 percent.
The study also separated heavy-duty truck models, which tend to live very different lives than most passenger vehicles, into their own segment. There, the Ram 3500 came out on top, with a 42.6 percent chance to go the 250K distance. That’s the only segment not led by a Toyota vehicle.