The best is the 1967 LeMans why ? Because thats what i drive in the summer oh and the best color ? Red of course

The Fiero is both the best and the worst

By best, I assume you have to mean power/fun/cool or reliability.

GM Iron Duke or 3800 are going to be reliable, with the exception of the fieros IMO. Late model v8s are pretty reliable and have good aftermarket still.

Cool is very subjective. 2nd gen firebirds (trans am and formula) are gonna be my top. I have a soft spot for the older GTOs and other 60s era BOP cars.

Yep. My 09 Pontiyoda Vibe has over 314,000 miles and shows no sign of giving up anytime soon. Burns oil but that’s normal. I drive 160 miles a day too and from work. Definitely got my moneys worth!

Late model 4th gen ws6 trans am looks the best imo

Keep in mind, even the newest Pontiac is now 15 years old. For a daily driver, you better be a good DIYer. Your mileage will vary.

I’ll agree with anyone saying anything with a 3800 is reliable. I bought mine in ‘16 with 203k (after selling my 04 GP with 175k). It’s currently about to hit 284k. Other than maintenance I haven’t really had to do anything, nothing catastrophic anyway, basically just wear parts and some sensors going bad after 15+ years and over 200k miles. For a while I was driving around 100+ miles a day last summer/fall. The only real issue I have is that I have a coolant leak that I gave up on finding years ago so I have to top it off every now and then 🤷‍♂️

Edit: If the sunbird has the 3.1 then they’re pretty reliable, but the newest one of those is 30 years old at this point, I wouldn’t grab it for a daily. Fieros are fun but same thing, they’re even older and had more issues. Either as a project though, sure

Gen II 3800 engines are very reliable. So look for one with that motor.

Firebird

Grand Prix

Bonneville

The fiero was a car I loved in high school. Had a couple friends with them and realized they spent more time working on them than driving them. I went with a Grand Prix instead. If you want to be a car person, and work on the car you buy, the fiero might fit the bill. But reliable is not the word I’d use for it. It’s possible to modify them enough to be a cool car, but stock ain’t it. I can’t speak to the sunbird.

Before my current Lexus, my previous 2 cars were a 2008 honda accord V6 and a 2004 pontiac GTO. In 3 years, before my wife crashed it, I had to make repairs on the GTO probably at least 3 times a year. On the Accord, which I drove for 5 years, the only thing that ever broke was the key, had to get a new one programmed when it physically broke, they said I shouldn't have so many other keys hanging from my keyring. But I wish I had the GTO back, it was fun to drive. If you are a decent mechanic pontiacs are as easy and cheap to repair as anything else.

mine, because i can drive it whenever i want

GTO Hands down IMO tho.

Trans AM

Super duty tempest wagon!

3rd one hands down - GTO Judge!

I bought a 2008 Pontiac G6 specifically because its engine build is one of the best ever made for maintenance. I love this car. At 163K miles it still does 60 in 5.5 seconds. Would highly recommend this era of G6. Super sad GM stopped making them.

It's mid 2000s GM. The drivetrains are fine, interiors are cheap... They're not terrible but they're not great, either.

I have a 2008 g6 and the main issues with those cars is oil leaks into the exhaust, it’s a common problem with those cars. Other then that I love my car

Be careful about potential repair costs for the hardtop convertible mechanism.

I have the exact same car!! I really like it personally :) Though I might just be biased cause I'm attached to it. Personally, I think it's pretty durable. I've gotten into a few accidents (only 1 was my fault, I promise), and I've only ever needed the fender replaced (btw I took the last black fender in the US, apparently. So sorry about that one) and the rest, I've barely got any scuff marks (can't say the same about the others). My mom even backed up into my car, and it was her's the got the damage 😅

The only issue I've had was a coolant leak. I will say I have 0 car knowledge. it's my friends who do the inspections and oil changes, lol. So idk, take this info with a grain of salt.

Edit: I realized this is 5ys old LOL! If you bought it I hope it's going well for you!! 😊

Pontiac G8? It's a Holden commodore wearing Pontiac clothes Chevy Cobalt SS, very fast and tunery

There really aren't many exciting GM sedans, and their SUVs are hit or miss.

I see you've joined the cult of early 2000's Buick. I've yet to find anything that matched my century in comfort, reliability, highway mpg, and completely cheap in all the right ways

Outside of the trucks and body on frame suvs, most GM products suck. The Buick 3800 motor were good, they were in a handful of other cars but the only ones that were actually nice were the Buicks. They used the motor in some Impalas (otherwise awful cars) and some Pontiacs (again awful cars).

The Cavalier was reasonably reliable and dirt cheap to fix, but they were otherwise awful little boxes. Same thing with all the other reasonably reliable GM cars like the Saturn's.

The only other decent cars are the GM muscle cars like the corvette, camaro, Pontiac G8 (with the V8 option) and the Chevrolet SS from around 2017 but you won't find that anywhere near $15k.

Id recommend looking into other brands for a car or car based crossover, GM is good for trucks...usually.

> What is the most reliable GM vehicle under $15k that isn’t a granny car?

Spark EV. It's like a golf cart where the batteries never die. It will run forever, just not far with only 80 miles of range.

Please don't do it. I was a GM guy for most of my life, but they're just crap now. Have been for the past 15ish years or so. And I work on all my own cars, so it's not just a perception I picked up from other talking heads. Do yourself a favor, buy something Japanese.

The answer is a Silverado with AFM disabled.

AFM - Active Fuel Management.

I found a wrench before, didn't know I could use it as a steering wheel.. I wonder if I still have it.

Do not buy used cars from buy here pay here lots, or new car dealers. They are marked up obscenely.

Short answer; Toyota something.

Longer answer; A gently used Toyota Prius from a private seller, ideally an old person who won't be driving anymore or someone that bought a newer Prius. I hate them, but they're reliable to a fault. I would say a Toyota Corolla or Camry as an alternative, but they get neglected a lot because of Toyota's reputation for reliability.

I would avoid anything from GM that doesn't have a LS motor in it, but they're gonna suck gas like it's a job. Honda has been riding their laurels for decades, and somehow swept 15 years of V6 transmissions getting bricked under the rug.

I wouldn't even look a Ford newer than 2005, but that's gonna be work. It's also my opinion. I know plenty of people content with their Fusion.

Used Kias and Hyundai are playing roulette, and the odds are not in your favor. Chrysler has been moving from one crisis to another for decades, and the last decent car they made was the Town n Country.

Volkswagen, despite the scandals; makes mechanically sound cars. They are a pain in the ass to work on though.

Subaru is a crap shoot because the old 2.5L motors they made had bad gaskets for a year or two, and that became what people thought about them; disposable all wheel drive time bombs. Being treated like a rental car by both fuckboi wannabe rally drivers, and people using them as "between cars" makes them possibly unreliable. I had a great experience in my Impreza, but I've also heard horror stories.

Nissan.... well have a look at r/bigaltimaenergy or r/nissandrivers

Toyota Corolla, and save up for what you actually want during the decades the Corolla lasts.

Any specific traits or mission requirements for this car?

I recently bought a 2014 Toyota Camry XLE hybrid with 103k miles for $12,600. at a Ford dealer. Reliable, 40 mpg.

USED HONDA CIVIC. Watch it go and go. Toyota Corolla too.

I once owned a modded 01 GTP coupe. It was fast and really a nice car I hated to let her go

Looks so much like my 1999 Grand Prix GT Coupe. I had the non-chromed version of these aluminum wheels. I would love to own one again, if I had the means…

Those Grand prixs used to be so popular. Now I don't even see them anymore.

If only they were rear wheel drive. Would've been awesome.

My '04 Grand Prix made it to over 280,000 before I sold it a couple of years ago. Loved that car. Yes, had to replace to power steering pump about 5 times and a few other things over the years I had it, but that engine was made to last!

I’d say a used C5 Corvette with a manual.

Proper sports car, huge aftermarket support. Decently affordable to buy, and not particularly expensive to maintain.

981 Boxster/cayman under 35k or a 986 Boxster under 10k. 996 turbo also. 

Sports car or just fun? I had a Toyota van with a manual transmission. If the road was wet, and the tires were bald, it would drift around any curve on the road. Called it my mid-engined sports van.

Miata