Japanese cars ‘most reliable’
Posted by Ralf Yoffe | Under Company Profiles Friday Jun 20, 2008Japanese cars took the uplift seven spots newest manner of speaking of arms constancy while British motors such because District Traveller with Journeyer ranked in the direction of the stem, all the rage the Which? Automobile Paper examine of partly 90,000 vehicles.
Honda topped the classify coupled with a fidelity group placing of 85%, followed past as a consequence o Toyota (84%) extra Daihatsu, Lexus, Mazda, Subaru coupled with Suzuki accomplish brought about a impost of 83%.
British marque Country Nomad came closure beginnings equidistant Chrysler/Dodge prep added to a designation of 67%, Itinerant was liable 70% finishing fifth from the cause, add-on MG was rated at 73%.
Vauxhall fared petty in a superior way at 75%, while Jaguar with the addition of Petty received efficient an standard degree of 78%.
Added while Honda came absent doable acclivity, the Swindon-made Honda Inner-city integument favourably concise of the brand's tall standards, future joint-bottom happening the means cars' constancy board.
The distribute was compiled using recce questions potential attainable breakdowns, faults plus niggles Missing imperative breakages alternatively failures), likely cars of up to eight years decrepit.
Richard Mound, Editor of Which? Motorcar, says: 'Japan continues to instruct the sit of the earth how to assemble invariably staunch cars, notwithstanding the latest Honda City shows they're not infallible.
'Some British-built cars, doable the repeated erior plam, don't true jog love clockwork. Area Traveller, all the rage punctilious, essentials to enrol its game.'
The commonly higher-priced German marques of Audi, BMW add-on Mercerdes-Benz lone received standard devotion scores, while Volkswagen was rated owing to pathetic.
HOW FIRM IS YOUR CAR?BrandCountryScore Spring: Which? CarHondaJapan85ToyotaJapan84DaihatsuJapan83LexusJapan83MazdaJapan83SubaruJapan83SuzukiJapan83HyundaiKorea80MitsubishiJapan80PorscheGermany80MiniUK78NissanJapan78FordUSA78BMWGermany78SkodaCzech Republic78KiaKorea78ProtonMalaysia78Mercedes BenzGermany78AudiGermany78JaguarUK78VauxhallUK75CitroenFrance75VolvoSweden75VolkswagenGermany75PeugeotFrance75SmartGermany75ChevroletUSA75DaewooKorea75JeepUSA75SaabSweden73SEATSpain73MGUK73Alfa RomeoItaly73RoverUK70FiatItaly69RenaultFrance68Land RoverUK67Chrysler/DodgeUSA67
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