UK’s most reliable cars
July 26th, 2010 by Richard Aucock
The most reliable car in the UK is also the one with the longest new car warranty reveals a new survey.
The Kia Picanto has come out top in what Which? Cars describes as ‘the UK’s largest reliability survey’.
It has a reliability score of 98.1 percent, half a percent ahead of the next most reliable car, the Mazda3.
Like all Kias, the Picanto now comes with a 7 year new car warranty – but it sounds like this will be little-used!
The Consumers Association title also revealed the least reliable car in the UK. It says the Discovery 3 came out bottom, with a reliability score of 67.8 percent.
Peter Vicary-Smith, chief executive, Which?, says: ’You don’t expect a new car to go wrong – but our rigorous research shows there’s a big difference between the best and worst.
‘Some small cars, particularly Korean and Japanese superminis, run like clockwork. Whereas some bigger cars, which you might expect to be more robust, aren’t all they’re cracked up to be.’
Do the findings list here match your own car dealer experience?
Which? rates reliability according to three criteria:
• Breakdowns
• Faults
• Niggles
The highest priority given to breakdowns as these are the most inconvenient.
Top 10
1 Kia Picanto
2 Mazda3
3 Daihatsu Sirion
4 Honda Insight
5 Honda Jazz
6 Toyota IQ
7 Toyota Prius
8 Volkswagen Golf Plus
9 Mercedes-Benz SLK
10 Mazda2
Bottom 10
1 Land Rover Discovery 3
2 BMW 3 Series Convertible
3 Hyundai Santa Fe
4 Renault Megane CC
5 Range Rover Sport
6 Volkswagen Eos
7 Jaguar S-Type
8 Ford Focus CC
9 Citroen C4 Grand Picasso
10 Ford S-Max/Volvo S80
Tags: Kia, reliability