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Title: Top 10 reliable cars in the UK
Post by: chrisc on November 11, 2012, 10:11:03 AM
These figures were obtained from car-hire and commercial firms, not private owners

Top 10 most reliable cars (2011 position in brackets)
1 BMW 3 series (1)
2 Volkswagen Golf (3)
3 Audi A4 (8)
4 Honda Civic (-)
5 Honda Accord (2)
6 Mercedes-Benz C-Class (-)
7 Audi A3 (4)
8 BMW 1 Series (-)
8 Ford Focus (-)
10 BMW 5 Series (10)

Top 10 most reliable car manufacturers (2011 position in brackets)
1 BMW (1)
2 Audi (2)
3 Honda (3)
4 Volkswagen (4)
5 Toyota (5)
6 Ford (8)
7 Skoda (10)
8 Mercedes-Benz (7)
9 Nissan (6)
10 Volvo (-)
Title: Re: Top 10 reliable cars in the UK
Post by: madasafish on November 11, 2012, 10:13:39 AM
SO no cars older than 3 years.
So meaningless: new cars should be faultless.
Title: Re: Top 10 reliable cars in the UK
Post by: chrisc on November 11, 2012, 10:25:23 AM
No, new cars are not faultless.  Close to the bottom of the list is Range Rover.  Still a dog of a car and just slightly better than Chery (Chinese) and Great Wall Motors (also Chinese).  Several Chery owners had their brakes pack up completely in under 9 months
Title: Re: Top 10 reliable cars in the UK
Post by: monkeydave on November 11, 2012, 12:07:45 PM
BMW top, dont make me laugh and merc too lol VAG are junk
Title: Re: Top 10 reliable cars in the UK
Post by: Ozzie on November 15, 2012, 07:58:57 AM
Have a look at this one, theres some different cars there, the top one may surprise a few people.
http://www.reliabilityindex.com/

Top 10 best
1   Kia Picanto   3.00
2   Vauxhall Agila   5.00
3   Suzuki Alto   6.00
4   Honda HR-V   6.00
5   Ford Fiesta   13.00
6   Toyota Corolla   14.00
7   Suzuki Ignis   15.00
8   Volvo S40   16.00
9   Honda Jazz   18.00
10   Mazda 2   19.00

Bottom 10 worst
1   Mercedes-Benz SL   376.00
2   Mercedes-Benz CL   352.00
3   Land Rover Range Rover   308.00
4   Mercedes-Benz S-Class   274.00
5   Renault Espace   257.00
6   Jeep Grand Cherokee   250.00
7   Mercedes-Benz V-Class   248.00
8   Nissan Pathfinder   245.00
9   Land Rover Freelander   230.00
10   BMW 7 Series   229.00
Title: Re: Top 10 reliable cars in the UK
Post by: guest334 on November 18, 2012, 03:47:41 PM
Good to see the Jeep is still in the bottom
Title: Re: Top 10 reliable cars in the UK
Post by: chrisc on November 18, 2012, 03:57:36 PM
Yes, the Chrysler Jeeps are dreadful cars.  Yet they still sell on account of being "American" and clever advertising.

Know 4 people who have had them and all sorts of major problems that cannot be sorted out.  Most prevalent one is aircon failing.  When it is 38 deg outside with 90% humidity this goes down well.  Friend in Durban where it gets really hot and muggy in summer has had his replaced 6 times.  All they do is swop out the compressor, no attempt is made to find the origin of the problem.  After a swopped compressor fitted on a Monday failed on Wednesday he took it to an aircon specialst who diagnosed faulty flow sensors.  When he took it back to the agent and told them this, they threatened to cancel the motorplan since an outside workshop had looked at it.  He told them that in 14 months he had 6 compressors fiitted, their retort was to say they will continue to replace them if they fail, since only they "know" Chrysler products.

He sold the car soon after and bought a Hyundai Sorrento
Title: Re: Top 10 reliable cars in the UK
Post by: RichardA on November 19, 2012, 10:46:40 PM
Great Wall Motors (also Chinese).

Great Wall sell only pickups over here. They're imported by the ex-Daihatsu importer and have been picked as a franchise replacement for many Daihatsu dealers following the withdrawal of that brand from the UK market. It will be interesting to see how they stack up reliability wise as eventually Chinese cars will follow behind.
Title: Re: Top 10 reliable cars in the UK
Post by: chrisc on November 23, 2012, 06:14:44 AM
The Great Wall small lorries have Nissan engines in them.  My neighbour is a contractor and has 2.  When he goes to get parts, the labels of the stuff on the shelves is all "Nissan".  The dealer sells these Nissan parts cheaper than the Nissan dealer.

He reckons they are no better or worse than Isuzu or Nissan LDVs.  A lot cheaper to buy though.  The 1 ton GWM light lorry is 35% less than its Isuzu equivalent.

But the Chery (especially the small one) is a rubbish car.  It is a copy of the Tata Ion which has a 903cc, 3-cylinder engine.  The back door windows are fixed and you can only open the boot with a lever from inside the back door which is tucked away under the seat.  When I was looking at the build quality, it made me think of a Trabant...