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The GM vehicles I have had have all been fairly easy to work on. Usually fairly good room. Possibly a little lacking for space along the firewall, but not as bad as some. I had a Taurus and a Sable and did not like working on either one. The Ford trucks have plenty of room. I haven't owned one later than a '95 though. The vehicle I really did not like working on was Subaru. The Dart slant 6 was easy to work on except for the location of the distributor. I found it was easier just to pull the distributor out to change the points and condenser. Lots of extra room there.
I looked under the hood and my 2012 Impala with the 3.6DI has alot of room under the hood, but with 50K, it will be a couple years before I really have to touch anything. Im betting the extra space was from the size of the 5.3 V8 that used to go in them.
My old G6 GXP was a tad crammed. What gets me is cars like the Chevy Cruze that call for a engine mounted to be removed just to replace a serpentine belt or how Nissans make you take off a wheel and have to attack certain parts at 3 different angles. Even attempting a transmission fluid change is a task now or almost cant be done since many transmissions seemed to be sealed with no dip sticks on a couple of cars ive seen.
I thought my two Saturns were pretty easy to work on, at least as far as basic maintenance went. Everything was pretty easily accessible, and it didn't seem like I had to move a lot of stuff out of the way to get to anything. They also didn't break down that much, and the easiest cars to work on are the ones that don't need much work.
Big pick-up trucks (older) have PLENTY of room under the hood to remove parts.
Avoid anything which has everything packed in under the hood - No SUV's and especially not a van.
Toyotas and Hondas tend to have things designed for easier maintenance.
Some American cars make it impossible to remove one back spark plug - they could care less about the service guy!
Then in general, the less "gadgets" on a car, the fewer things to break / need fixing - So less repairs needed for a simple Honda as opposed to a fancy Cadillac.
Big pick-up trucks (older) have PLENTY of room under the hood to remove parts.
Avoid anything which has everything packed in under the hood - No SUV's and especially not a van.
Toyotas and Hondas tend to have things designed for easier maintenance.
Some American cars make it impossible to remove one back spark plug - they could care less about the service guy!
Then in general, the less "gadgets" on a car, the fewer things to break / need fixing - So less repairs needed for a simple Honda as opposed to a fancy Cadillac.
Rwd suvs are easy to work on, it's the ones with transverse engines, and tiny bays that can be hard to work on, not to mention all the retarded engine beauty pieces cars have, as if an engine is ugly.
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