I test drove one and loved it, drove much better and felt more premium than anything in its class. Then I went online and discovered that the Taos is one of the least reliable, most problematic vehicles on sale today. Even spoke with a few owners who told me to avoid it at all costs. Lots of annoying issues that the dealer will be unable to fix or simply tell you "it's normal."
@@logmatt1 I didn't "miss out" I was simply not comfortable taking that chance and always worrying something will go wrong. I'm glad yours is fine, obviously there will be some which are. Go online and look, a huge % of people have issues and it's literally rated as the least reliable new car. My wife isn't easy on her cars, works a lot, drives our baby around, and skips on maintenance. No understanding or sympathy for mechanical objects. German cars are already notorious for not having the best reliability and VW somehow fell way off in recent years. We ended up with a Sportage, it doesn't drive as well but at least it has more tech/features for the money. Almost 10k now and I'll be impressed if my wife gets the first oil change before 15k. And the thing gets many short trips per day in stop and go. Underpowered, simpler, softer, less high-strung cars tend to hold up better in such conditions. It's partly why Toyotas are so durable. Well, used to be at least until they were forced to go with smaller turbo engines.
