A Mercury.

I picked GM because I'm a die-hard fan. I also believe they stand the best chance against the imports. I have to say though that besides a couple vehicles (i.e. the Focus) and the Lincoln division I think Ford has a pretty nice lineup. Chrysler has never really had any vehicles that I would be envious of, with exception of the Magnum which they are killing. I also think that they are the weakest in terms of sales and financial stability.

hmm, that's an interesting fact. Do they still have boat motors?

Without a doubt the General Motors Small-block 350 V8 would have to go on that list. There was even a marine version of it that was made for boats.

2,600,000 miles? That's a record!

agreed here - can your car do this? http://www.designnews.com/article/CA6471169.html?nid=2875

The "TU3" 1.4 engine from Peugeot is quite reliable, and is one of the most used for small PSA cars
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PSA_TU_engine#TU3
It was in the Peugeot 205 on which I learned to drive, on my first car - Peugeot 106 -, and also on my current 206 SW

The most most reliable engine I have owned is the Volvo B18. Second place goes to the Toyota 22R. Third is the Chrysler Slant 6.

I think that some of the old Peugeot engines could go in the list too then (cf the old cars still running in Africa).
Do not forget some of the old Mercedes too.

There should be a list of the 10 most reliable car engines (or at lease engine that do not require a lot of maintenence.) If there was one though, the Japanese would take over most of the list.