The X3 is BMW’s is slightly bigger than the X1, making it a mid-size SUV that is still easy and delightful to drive.
However, even though the X3 is a beautiful-looking vehicle with a luxurious interior, sharp handling, and powerful 355-horsepower six-cylinder engine, almost 10 percent of buyers sold or returned the X3 after just one year of owning it. The reason? Maintenance costs were simply too high.
BMW
BMW is known for being one of the world's top luxury carmakers, but shockingly, this German auto giant has a return rate of 8 percent within the first year!
The reason for this has nothing to do with quality since BMW makes some of the world's finest automobiles. It has to do with the fact that luxury cars just have a higher return rate within the first year of purchase than non-luxury cars.
Lincoln Blackwood
Lincoln is well known for producing some of the most luxurious high-end town cars currently on the market. Unfortunately, when Lincoln attempted to stride their way into the pickup truck market in 2002, the results were much worse than expected and led to the creation of one of the most unusable pickup trucks in the world: the Blackwood.
The Blackwood pickup truck lacked many key things that a great pickup needs to have — It had a small interior, a tiny bed, and lacked durability. All of these made the car extremely unattractive and resulted in many owners returning the truck within the first year.
Nissan 370Z
The Nissan 370Z is a gorgeous-looking sports car. With a 332 horsepower V6 engine and a rear-wheel-drive chassis, the 370Z was all the rage when it first came out in 2008. However, after twelve years of being virtually unchanged or upgraded by Nissan, the 370Z is now lagging behind its competitors.
Compared to more modern sports cars, the 370Z is not as smooth and light as other brands, which is why 8 percent of buyers tend to ditch it within one year of purchase.
Nissan
Nissan is known as one of the most reliable cars in the world, but in reality, many owners have actually said the opposite, which is truly shocking, considering that Nissan has been on the streets for decades, with sales only increasing in recent years.
Consumer Reports and JD Power reported, "Nissan regularly finishes near the bottom for Consumer Reports brand reliability rankings, and models like the Pathfinder and the Sentra consistently earn the lowest possible scores for owner satisfaction ratings." Yikes!