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[mab01uk]

In their annual Reliability Survey, What Car? magazine ask readers to rate the dependability of cars aged up to five years old. They only focus on cars up to five years old because that covers the minimum three-year new car warranty as well as another two years where faults are less likely to be fixed for free.

"When it comes to reliability, a car’s brand is a better indicator of its durability than its fuel type. Mini claims the top spot this year, with a near-faultless score for all five of the diesel, electric and petrol models reported on in our survey. The shining stars were the Countryman, which gained 99.7%, making it the highest-scoring SUV overall, and the Mini Electric, which was the best EV with a rating of 98.4%. Former winner Lexus was just 0.4% behind Mini."

Here are the latest results based on the experiences of nearly 30,000 owners...
https://www.whatcar....ble-cars/n26137

 

[sledgehammer]

Quite a good watch

 

Spoiler alert - Land rover isn't the worst 

[unburntfuelinthemorning]

I'd be far more interested in how reliable the cars are after fifteen to twenty years old.  Also is it just me or are the cars in that article some of the ugliest ever made?  Whatever happened to elegance in car design?  Did it not continue into this century?

[Steam]

Surveys in general are skewed and car reliability is no different. People who have problems with cars tend to talk about them much more than people who do not have problems. As such the results are not equal.
And then there are the Friday arvo or lemon cars which can affect results unfairly.
Best taken with a large pinch of salt.

[PoolGuy]

I'd be far more interested in how reliable the cars are after fifteen to twenty years old.  

I think that would be too heavily affected by the quality of the servicing over that time.