Anything that has a General Motors 350 cc/5.7 liter engine. They've been using basically the same base for 50+ years. Still lots of pre-2000 cars with this motor still on the roads and the junkyards are full of spare parts too.

That shit bugs me. What do you mean I have to remove a structural support to change the battery? Wtf?

Or pulling the oil drain plug causes the oil to splatter everywhere off of the suspension arm or frame? The engineers didn't know cars have wheels and suspensions? Wtf?

I was just thinking about this the other day. This is a problem that pissess off a lot of people. Also, the manufacturers stop making parts after 7 or so years making it harder to find replacement parts.

What if a bunch of us started a company that only sold a few models (sedan, truck, SUV whatever). The frame would always be the same, the space allocated for parts would always be the same, the parts would always mount to the same spots, so even if there were improvements over time, because they were given a bit of extra space to begin with, the new parts could be swapped in easily. Essentially you could buy all of the parts yourself and put it together, or buy one pre assembled. This is the big one. NO computerized parts. Everything works on its own.

Anything with a 1993 or before 6.5 liter diesel engine would be my vote.

Mine has 330K miles on it, there is no electronics at all - the glowplugs are triggered by a switch on my dash, the injection pump is 100% mechanical, so the fucker will survive an EMF blast to boot. The military uses these blocks in hummers- simple to manufacture and repair. They are also still in production for this purpose.

Bonus: The old fuckers will run on anything to include frying oils (newer diesel designs won't do this easily)... not saying that I do it, but you could, in theory, easily obtain kerosene or "offroad only diesel fuel", which has no highway tax added to it, and it will run just fine. Diesel also stores better longterm than gas will, and happens to also run the generator for my house and tractor. Building a fuel dyke at home is a must if you intend to have any autonomy during a crisis.

A Jeep TJ Wrangler or any Jeep with the 4.0 inline 6 cylinder. The engine is amazingly simple, inline engines are less complex than V. The engines are extremely tough and will easily last 200k miles. There's a ton of room in the engine compartment. Parts are extremely cheap and easy to get. Anytime I ever had to fix anything on my Jeep (which has only been a few times), it's been laughably easy. Oil changes are extremely simple. I have a friend who has one in his Cherokee. He put new pistons in it and fixed a head gasket while the engine was still mounted in the Cherokee. Happened around 200k miles, I think 250k.

The new Jeeps are trash, they have minivan engines in them.

A better question IMHO is "what car or truck doesn't need repairs in the first place?"

I'm amazed at what people consider normal for repairs as I've never had one of my cars have a mechanical problem in over 20 years. I have friends with all kinds of cars who act like it's normal to need to fix something on their older car every few months.

Over my lifetime I have had to deal with Hondas, Volswagens, Fords, Dodges, Chevys, and Toyotas - either my own car or a family member in my household. The only brand that has consistently never had a single problem in the first 120,000 miles is Toyota. The only problem I've ever had with a Toyota is that after ~130,000 miles I needed to replace the belts and hoses. I've never had one break down on me ever - not the engine, transmission, or any other mechanical system. Not even stupid stuff like door locks or door handles. Nothing. I did have a headlight burn out at about 130,000 miles on one of them. That's the worst thing that's ever happened to one of my Toyotas.

In my life the easiest vehicles to work on and find parts for has been Toyota, dont know about their new shit but the old trucks run good.