Half of the top ten most reliable cars sold in the UK are from Japanese brands, according to a new report by What Car? magazine.
But while it was good news for Japan, it was not so great for UK’s car makers, with the Range Rover Sport diesel, Jaguar XE diesel and the big-selling British-built Nissan Qashqai petrol coming bottom of their respective categories.
Overall, nearly a third (30 per cent) of motorists with cars of up to three years suffered at least one fault with their car over the previous 12 months.
Hugely popular British luxury SUV Range Rover Sport diesel emerged as one of the worst performers with 60 per cent of vehicles suffering faults, an overall breakdown reliability rating of just 14.5 per cent and some cars ‘off the road for a week’.
That stood in contrast to the astonishing 100 per cent reliability scores racked up by four cars, the Honda Jazz, Toyota Aygo, Lexus CT200h and Audi A3 were fault-free.
Overall, six in ten of the top car makers for reliability were Japanese brands, the report found.
Most reliable cars by category
CITY CARS – Toyota Aygo – 100.0% reliability rating
SMALL CARS – Honda Jazz – 100.0% reliability rating
FAMILY CARS – Lexus CT200h – 100.0% reliability rating
MPVS – Ford B-Max – 91.6% reliability rating
SMALL SUVS – Volkswagen Tiguan (diesel) – 93.6% reliability rating
LARGE SUVS – Mitsubishi Outlander – 91.2% reliability rating
EXECUTIVE CARS – Audi A3 Saloon (petrol) – 100.0% reliability rating
LUXURY CARS – Mercedes-Benz S-Class (diesel) – 93.2% reliability rating
COUPES & CONVERTIBLES – Audi A3 Cabrio (petrol) – 92.5% reliability rating
ELECTRIC VEHICLES – Nissan Leaf – 93.9% reliability rating
Least reliable cars by category
CITY CARS – VW Up – 74.8% reliability rating
SMALL CARS – Nissan Note – 48.6% reliability rating
FAMILY CARS – Nissan Pulsar – 48.3% reliability rating
MPVS – Mercedes-Benz B-Class – 46.2% reliability rating
SMALL SUVS – Nissan Qashqai (petrol) – 28.9% reliability rating
LARGE SUVS – Range Rover Sport (diesel) – 14.5% reliability rating
EXECUTIVE CARS – Jaguar XE (diesel) – 36.7% reliability rating
LUXURY CARS – Mercedes-Benz E-Class – 46.1% reliability rating
COUPES & CONVERTIBLES – Mazda MX-5 – 71.0% reliability rating
ELECTRIC VEHICLES – Tesla Model S – 52.4% reliability rating
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