i'd put honda in prob the top spot for reliability. i tried to DESTROY my buddys 95 accord and it was a tank, we blew three struts, popped two tires, put sugar in the gas tank, held it at redline for 30 seconds- list goes on and on, he was able to repair it all to stock condition and it currently has 275,000 miles on it and running strong.
there is a difference between nice solid hondas (mostly newer models 95+) and riced out hondas. the only thing i think i can say is that i'm going to start carrying a portable plasma cutter to chop off the fartcans. fartcans should be illegal.

i drive a hyundai sonata lx by the way, i love it