Do you have to spend a fortune to get a reliable car these days? What makes a car reliable after all? Well, J.D. Power & Associates is a research organization that does a well-known automobile survey involving the initial reliability of cars. The annual survey gets more publicity of any other car survey. And for five years, the same company has ranked No. 1. Lexus has been rated the best, most reliable car in the U.S. for five years running, according to the survey. The real shocker is which car maker ranks No. 2 - Jaguar. Clark happens to have two Jaguars, so it makes him somewhat happy about spending so much money on them. The rest of the list includes 3) BMW; 4) Buick; 5) Buick; 6) Mercedes and 7) Toyota. So, who is the worst? The least reliable car in the country is Suzuki. There was a tie for next to last between Mazda and Land Rover. Volkswagen and Porsche were just above those two. So, you don’t have to have an ultra luxury car to have a reliable one.