The 10 most reliable car brands - and the 10 LEAST

We precocious reported the latest results from the reliability survey from our sister mag What Car?, highlighting the car models we judge are the astir reliable - and the cars that are slightest reliable.

In this story, we're looking astatine the car brands themselves, with a reliability standing for each brand. This is for cars up to 5 years old. We commencement with counting down to the astir reliable brand. And past we'll countdown to the slightest reliable. Let's instrumentality a look:

10: Citroën - 93.9%

This is simply a respectable effect for Citroën. Indeed, it ranks arsenic the best-performing Stellantis marque successful the survey aft Vauxhall. It’s considerably up of Alfa Romeo, for example, which is successful 17th place.

9: Lexus – 94.2%

Lexus consistently ranks highly successful our survey, but this twelvemonth suffered due to the fact that of persistent artillery issues that person affected the caller LBX Hybrid. This contrasted with the Lexus RX SUV (pictured), which our survey suggests is the astir reliable luxury car.

8: Kia – 94.4%

Kia deserves praise this twelvemonth for its  precocious ranking, which comes partially acknowledgment to the 100% reliability standing of its EV3 exemplary (pictured). Also helping: The Kia Ceed is the astir highly rated household car, with a people of 98.8%.

7: Tesla – 94.5%

Tesla scored precise good successful the survey – This was driven by precise bully scored for the Tesla Model Y (pictured), which with 97.1% was the 3rd astir reliable electrical SUV. The Model 3 scored good also.

6: BMW – 94.6%

BMW’s bully effect was driven by bully scores from respective of its models. At 98.0%, the petrol-powered BMW 3 Series (pictured) was the second-most reliable enforcement car, portion the 97.4% people of the BMW i3 made it the second-most reliable household car, and so the astir reliable electrical car overall. The BMW X5 was the second-most reliable luxury car, with a people of 96.2%.

5: Vauxhall – 95.1%

Vauxhall/Opel’s fantabulous effect present was greatly helped by the beardown effect of the 2024 Grandland (pictured). The petrol mentation is the astir reliable household SUV, with a sore of 99.6%; it’s notably overmuch much reliable than the erstwhile exemplary Grandland.

4: Toyota – 95.2%

Toyota has gone up 1 presumption successful the array against past year. Three of its models stood out: the Aygo X (pictured) was the second-most reliable tiny car (with a people of 99.7%), the RAV4 was the second-most reliable household SUV (with a people of 99.2%), and the GR Yaris, which is the astir reliable sports car, with a cleanable people of 100%.

3: Suzuki – 95.7%

Suzuki did precise well, successful ample portion to bully scores for its caller S-Cross compact SUV (pictured). The 2017-2024 Swift tiny car besides did well.

2: Mini – 96.4%

Mini was successful archetypal spot past year. It inactive did good this year; its halfway Mini hatchback exemplary (2014-2024, pictured) scored a precise awesome 99.1%, making it the third-most reliable tiny car.

1: Honda – 99.6%

Honda is astatine the apical of the array this year. Several of its models did precise well. The Civic (pictured) was the third-most reliable household car, with a people of 97.3%. The caller HR-V and Jazz models each people good too. Very good done, Honda!

So that’s the 10 most reliable car brands – what astir the least reliable? Read on:

10: Volvo – 90.9%

Volvo’s wide people was dragged down by the 2016-2023 S90 and V90 (pictured) models. They scored lone 76.7%, making them the second-most unreliable enforcement cars. Infotainment systems relationship for 24% of each issues with these models.

9= Audi – 90.6%

Audi’s wide people was dragged down by mediocre numbers from the existent Q7 model. This was the slightest reliable seven-seater, with a people of 78.6%. It was besides impacted by immoderate precise precocious costs for repairs.

9= Mercedes-Benz – 90.6%

Two models particularly impacted Mercedes this year: The existent C-Class was the slightest reliable enforcement car, with a people of 76.3%. Meanwhile, the existent GLE-Class is the 3rd astir unreliable luxury car, with a people of 82.0%.

7= Ford - 90.5%

Ford models did astatine slightest not look successful immoderate bottom-three classes this year, but its lower-than-average scores crossed its scope dragged down its wide people this year.

7= Volkswagen – 90.5%

Three models contributed to the mediocre people by Volkswagen this year: The existent Golf is the 3rd least-reliable household car, with a people of 82.2%. The existent Tiguan is the least-reliable household SUV, with a people of conscionable 64.2%; lastly, the ID 4 (pictured) is the slightest reliable electrical SUV, with a people of 79.6%.

5: Land Rover – 90.4%

Land Rover’s people roseate supra 90% this year, a marked betterment implicit past year. The existent Discovery Sport exemplary (pictured) with the second-last reliable seven-seater car, with an wide people of 81.8%.

4: Jaguar – 90.2%

Jaguar models did astatine slightest not look successful immoderate bottom-three classes this year, but lower-than-average scores for galore of its models dragged down its wide people this year.

3: Fiat – 90.1%

Fiat’s wide standing this twelvemonth is simply a marked betterment connected past year, and nary of its models appeared successful immoderate bottom-three classes this year.

2: Nissan – 89.9%

Two Juke models dragged down Nissan’s score. The existent Juke (petrol) was the slightest reliable tiny SUV, with a people of conscionable 55.2%, the lowest of immoderate car this year. Meanwhile, the hybrid Juke is notably much reliable (at 89.0%) but the exemplary does look to  person problems with its gearbox and infotainment systems. Finally, the Ariya is the second-least reliable electrical SUV, with a people of 80.9%.

1: MG – 88.9%

MG came successful past spot a twelvemonth agone too, but that clip it scored 76.9% truthful this is astatine slightest a large improvement. The existent MG 3 exemplary seems to beryllium a notable occupation area; it was the third-least reliable tiny car, with a people of 87.9%. The car’s exhaust strategy seems to beryllium a peculiar country of interest for galore owners.

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