Featured in Domain Arrivals · 2026-08-11
Model Year Index: car trouble, scored by model year
A vehicle-reliability lookup tool that scores 314 models across identical 60-month windows using federal complaint, recall, and investigation records.
Why it surfacedModel Year Index turns 2,233,015 complaint records and 3,403 recall campaigns into model-year grades, worst-year comparisons, and category breakdowns such as steering, electrical, and brakes. Its methodology makes a useful adjustment: a 2013 model is not penalized simply for having been on the road longer than a 2021, while the site clearly notes that complaints are allegations rather than verified defects.
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Lunch Through the Bee Veil
August 11’s newborn domains include a bee veil with a lockable lunch flap, a book designed to unfold over ten years, a Colombian missing-person and aid board, and a brick studio made by a dad and his 10-year-old co-founder.
This is one of 1,000 discoveries in the 2026-08-11 Domain Arrivals issue.