Most reliable cars?

[Rissole]

Thinking of buying a used car and I just wondered what is considered reliable in today's used marketplace?

What I mean by that is a car that is relatively cheap to service, does not breakdown, can do in excess of 200k miles and when required, accommodate a family of four. I'm soon to leave a company car (BMW 320d 2012 F30) and want to purchase a used car outright rather than going down the PCP/leasing route.

[Rissole]

Thanks - what would you recommend specifically for Volvo and Mercedes?

[Rissole]

Thanks for all the feedback, my budget is £13k and happy to consider cars of all ages but would prefer something of more recent times, say last 5 years.

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buzzer said:

Not sure what i would reccomend.... Reliability though i guess it would have to be petrol.

One thing to look at with reliability is the type of faults the car has.... Our friends had a Renault Scenic.... In 18 monthes they spent £6000 on it... Turbo, head gasket, clutch and DMF, injectors, and then an injector pump.

Our other friends have a Mazda 3, and that has suffered 3 broken road springs, and an ABS fault which was fixed for free at the dealer even though it was well out of warranty. They still complain its an unreliable car!

A good way of assessing the COST of things going wrong is to look at the statistics on the warranty direct site for different cars.



Have a look here. http://www.reliabilityindex.com

Edited by buzzer on Saturday 19th March 11:28

Thanks for this.