British-built Japanese cars have topped a reliability study.
Six of the top 10 most dependable models in the survey were built in Britain, four of them Hondas.
Altogether Honda had six vehicles in the model top 10, however, making it the number-one brand once again.
Toyota finished in second and Subaru in third.
Honda is in the number one spot for the third consecutive year.
The Derbyshire-built Toyota Corolla (’00-’02) is the most reliable car in this year’s survey overall, closely followed by the Swindon-built Honda CR-V (’97-’02). Third place in the model league table is a tie between the Honda HR-V (’99-’05) and Toyota Celica (’00-’06).
The reliability of the Mini, built near Oxford, puts it fifth in the manufacturer league table, while Nissan is sixth thanks to the efforts of workers at its plant in Sunderland.
However it’s not good news for British manufacturers.
The Jaguar XK8 (’96-’06) sits third from bottom in the model table, and the Land Rover Freelander (’00-’06) and Range Rover (’95-’02) wallow seventh from last alongside the Audi Allroad (’00-’05).
The Alfa Romeo GTV (’96-’03) is the least-reliable car in the survey overall, while BMW is the only German brand to squeeze into the manufacturer top 10, in 10th place.
Steve Fowler, What Car? editor, said: ‘The annual reliability study is a thorough and helpful guide that provides important data for buyers of new and used cars. British workers should be proud that their products have done so well.’
The study analysed data from 26 manufacturers and included 133 different models.
Data from more than 35,000 vehicles was studied, and the average age of cars in the survey was 4.9 years.
| |
Model |
Years made |
|
Faults per 100 cars |
| 1 |
ToyotaCorolla |
’00-’02 |
British Built |
3 |
| 2 |
Honda CR-V |
’97-’02 |
British Built |
5 |
| 3= |
Honda HR-V |
’99-’05 |
|
6 |
| 3= |
ToyotaCelica |
’00-’06 |
|
6 |
| 5 |
Honda S2000 |
’99-now |
|
7 |
| 6= |
BMW 3 Series Compact |
’94-’01 |
|
9 |
| 6= |
Honda Civic |
’96-’01 |
British Built |
9 |
| 6= |
Honda Accord |
’99-’03 |
British Built |
9 |
| 9 |
Honda Civic |
‘01-’05 |
British Built |
10 |
| 10 |
Nissan Micra |
’98-’02 |
British Built |
11 |
| 1 |
Alfa Romeo GTV |
’96-’03 |
97 |
| 2 |
Renault Espace |
’97-’02 |
77 |
| 3 |
Jaguar XK8 |
’96-’06 |
62 |
| 4 |
Renault Laguna |
'00-’07 |
55 |
| 5 |
Fiat Multipla |
’99-now |
52 |
| 6 |
Volvo S80 |
’98-’06 |
51 |
| 7= |
Land Rover Freelander |
’00-’06 |
48 |
| 7= |
LandRover Range Rover |
’95-’02 |
48 |
| 7= |
Audi Allroad |
’00-’05 |
48 |
| 10 |
Seat Alhambra |
’00-now |
47 |
Manufacturer league table
1 Honda
2 Toyota
3 Subaru
4 Lexus
5 Mini
6 Nissan
7 Ford
8 Citroën
9 Rover
10 BMW
11 Peugeot
12 Mercedes
13= Fiat
13= Vauxhall
15 Volkswagen
16 MG
17 Jaguar
18 Volvo
19 Skoda
20 Audi
21 Saab
22 Chrysler
23 Seat
24 Alfa Romeo
25 Renault
26 Land Rover
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