Do fords last a long time?

Ok so I've been doing some research on cars lately, and I found out through consumer reports and true delta that ford is just about as good as honda and toyota. My goodness even the little ford focus scored very well in this consumer reports magazine. A couple of fords models still need work but other than that it says they're good. Is it true? Has anyone ever had a ford?

I drove a 2000 Ford Focus for 147k miles and sold it - last I heard it was still going strong. It had some normal problems but nothing major (TPS, MAF, coil pack replaced). Never got it aligned, never replaced the rear brakes or clutch.

They certainly can, but there are no real guarantees on any vehicle that you buy past the warranty period. A vehicle that has a good record can still end up a lemon and a vehicle than no-one talks good about can produce one particular car that lasts 350,000 miles.

There okay my wife has a 2001 expedition with 207,000 miles. Runs strong

My 1997 fiesta i brought in 2012, 120,000 miles, year later thermo went and cracked the head gasket, replaced thermo, still drove another 15,000 miles, i then sold it, still ran like a tank

Have 96 ranger with 300k

The Focus hasn't been recommend by CR since the 2011 redesign. Trouble with the dual clutch automated manual transmission, and the My Ford infotainment system have kept it CR's the recommended list for a while now.

With that said, I've always driven Fords, I've an F-100, a T-Bird SC, a Bronco, a Mustang GT, and an F-150. I've had good luck with them. That's not so they don't make lemons. We had no fewer than five Windstars (mostly company cars) four of which failed to make it to 100k miles without suffering blown head gaskets and/or transmission failure.