What a Car - UK - (2020-04)

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Withexceptionallystrongperformancesbythe

hybridCTfamilyhatchbackandRXluxurySUV,Lexus

claimsthetopspotasthemostdependableused

carbrand.SuzukiandHondaaren’tfarbehind,

buoyedbythedurabilityoftheSwift,JazzandCivic.

Whenwelookedatthereliabilityofnewercars(up

toveyearsold),Mitsubishilingeredjustoutsidethe

top 10 in 13thplace,butit faresbetterasitsmodels

mature,withownersofmodelssuchastheASXfamily

SUVreportingfewissues.

Anotherbrandthatscoresbetterforitsoldercars

is Nissan.It wasin 28thplaceforthereliabilityofits

newercars,butthosebetweensixand 15 yearsold

appeartobemoredurable.TheLeafandJukeboth

havea reliabilityratingabove90%.

Thelastsurpriseentranttothetop 10 is AlfaRomeo,

whichwaspartlygivena boostbytheGiulietta’s

relativelystrongreliabilityratingof83.7%.

Attheotherendofthespectrum,thedurabilityof

theRangeRoverSport– it scored94.4%,makingit

thethird-bestlargeandluxurySUV– isn’tenoughto

compensateforthebrand’sotherproblem-prone

models,soLandRoverliesin lastplace.

Thehighproportionoffaultssufferedbya number

ofitsmodelsensuresRenaultis relegatedtothe

bottomoftheleague,too.Peugeotfaredreasonably

wellin ournewercarreliabilitytable,lyingin 18th

placewitha scoreof93.4%,butthehighfaultratesof

the 207 andold 3008 draggedit downhere.The 107

bucksthistrend,though;it’sourmostdependable

citycar,witha scoreof97.8%.

Subarualsoplummetsdownthetable

foroldercars;nosinglemodelstandsout,butowners

reportedhighlevelsoffaultsacrosstherange.

What Car? says

Reliability league table by brand

(cars six to 15 years old)

1 Lexus 93.1%

2 Suzuki 92.0%

3 Honda 89.7%

4 Mitsubishi 88.6%

5 Toyota 88.0%

6 Kia 87.9%

7 Skoda 82.0%

8 AlfaRomeo 81.5%

9 Nissan 81.2%

10 Mazda 80.4%

11 Porsche 80.2%

12 Ford 79.8%

13 Mini 79.8%

14 Jaguar 78.8%

15 Mercedes-Benz 77.2%

16 BMW 76.4%

17 Hyundai 76.2%

18 Audi 76.0%

19 Citroën 76.0%

20 Volvo 75.9%

21 Volkswagen 74.5%

22 Fiat 73.6%

23 Vauxhall 73.0%

24 Seat 72.9%

25 Subaru 72.9%

26 Peugeot 71.3%

27 Renault 70 7%

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