General Motors is recalling 1.5 million vehicles that may pose a fire risk. That "oops" moment came one day after Chrysler announced a recall of more than half a million vehicles. And then there's the revolving door Toyota has installed at its dealerships.
The never-ending series of recalls has to have you wondering who's next. The oddsmakers at YouWager.com aren't wondering. They're laying odds.
Chevrolet tops the list with 25 percent odds. Yes, Chevrolet is a division of General Motors and one of the brands effected by Tuesday's recall, but hey -- these guys are oddsmakers, not gearheads. Cut 'em some slack. Jeep came in second, with 20 percent odds. Yes, Jeep is a division of Chrysler and one of the brands effected by its recall of 570,000 vehicles for brake hose and wiring harness issues.
The odds of further recalls of Cadillac and Toyota vehicles is 19 percent, while Mitsubishi rounds out the top five at 18 percent. The rest of the field is Mercury (15 percent), Nissan (14 percent), Ford (13 percent), Honda (11 percent) and Hyundai (9 percent).
These guys aren't the first to do this. Irish oddmakers Paddy Power laid odds on the next recall back in February. They said Toyota was the "odds-on 1/3 favorite," whatever that means. Cut us some slack -- we're gearheads, not oddsmakers.
Photo: Marion Post Walcott / Library of Congress. Bookies at a horse race in Warrenton, Virgina in 1941.
