Top 100 Most Reliable Cars of the Last Decade

Esel

Found this site (now bookmarked) via a link in the 'Branded v Generic Tyres?' thread.

http://www.gizmag.com/go/5657/

According to Warranty Direct, #1 is Honda Accord, #100 is Porsche Boxster....

Japan: every car in the Top 10, and 16 of the Top 20.

Other interesting positions:

3 Mazda MX-5
11 Lexus IS 200
12 Mazda 626
19 Toyota Carina E (for VB )
23 Rover 45
29 Skoda Octavia
33 Volvo 850
49 Volkswagen Polo
50 Fiat Punto
54 Toyota MR2
56 Ford Puma
62 Ford Mondeo
78 Rover 75
85 Renault Megane
87 Saab 9-3
91 Toyota Corolla
93 BMW 5-series
95 Alfa Romeo

Guy:Incognito

Trying to read the list on the site hurt my eyes. Someone should send that site a return key.

So from here on in when someone is looking for a midsize family car and a Corrolla is mentioned for it's reliabilitythey should be told of a more reliable alternative :-)

85 Megane
91 corrolla

theres some awfull dreary stuff in there. The Deawoo Leganza for god sake. If it wasnt somewhat reliable it would have no redeeming features at all. Why did anyone ever buy one of those? Theres not one area it was mear the top of in its class. The other option would have to be on fire for you not to choose it.

L1011

That's from 2006. Was wondering why some more recent cars were entirely absent and its cause there wouldn't be any on WarrantyDirect extended warranties in 2006...

Esel

Never spotted the date!

squod

There's 91 cars out there more reliable than a corolla, any of them are more than likely a better drive and *importantly* less ugly.

Guy:Incognito

MYOB wrote: »

That's from 2006. Was wondering why some more recent cars were entirely absent and its cause there wouldn't be any on WarrantyDirect extended warranties in 2006...

That makes it worse for the likes of th eCorrolla. The Megane of that era (admittedly theres a big overlap with the Megane I but sure thats a ball of crap too accordign to boards :-) ) is often talked about as being an unreliable crapshack on wheels. Yet it's still more reliable than "the best built cars in the world"'s volume seller. The 10 years up to 06 includes the Punto that had 4 HG failures for every car built :-)

I Was VB

Ah the Toyota Carina E, there is nothing more brilliant.

As yeh know taxi drivers are never wrong, and especally never wrong about what they drive.

Senna

If you click on the link in the 2nd paragraph, it takes you to the reliability index. On the right-hand side are the 10 worse and best. Corrolla is number 1 on best list.

Ten best
1 Toyota Corolla 8.35
2 Mazda MX-5 14.88
3 Honda HR-V 14.91
4 Honda Jazz 18.53
5 Nissan Micra 18.95
6 Honda Civic 19.30
7 Volvo S40 19.34
8 Toyota Celica 19.43
9 Mazda 323 19.60
10 Honda CR-V 24.22

10 worst
1 Audi RS6 686.98
2 Jaguar XK8 370.63
3 Mercedes SL 361.39
4 BMW Z3 358.32
5 Jaguar XKR 326.51
6 Land Rover Range Rover 314.17
7 Audi Allroad 287.78
8 Mercedes V-Class 270.50
9 Mercedes S-Class 262.94
10 Jeep Cherokee 259.28

Guy:Incognito

I Was VB wrote: »

Ah the Toyota Carina E, there is nothing more brilliant.

As yeh know taxi drivers are never wrong, and especally never wrong about what they drive.

It would appear there are quite a few more brilliant and they could well have chosen a few better cars, so it appears taxi drivers can indeed be wrong (about the cars, we all know well they can be wrong about plenty of other things) :-)

1 Honda Accord
2 Subaru Forester
3 Mazda MX-5
4 Mitsubishi Carisma
5 Toyota Yaris
6 Honda Civic
7 Nissan Almera
8 Honda CR-V
9 Toyota RAV4
10 Nissan Micra
11 Lexus IS 200
12 Mazda 626
13 Jaguar X-Type
14 Toyota Landcruiser
15 Volvo S/V40
16 MINI (BMW)
17 Suzuki Vitara
18 Mazda 323

Guy:Incognito

Senna wrote: »

If you click on the link in the 2nd paragraph, it takes you to the reliability index. On the right-hand side are the 10 worse and best. Corrolla is number 1 on best list.

Ten best
1 Toyota Corolla 8.35
2 Mazda MX-5 14.88
3 Honda HR-V 14.91
4 Honda Jazz 18.53
5 Nissan Micra 18.95
6 Honda Civic 19.30
7 Volvo S40 19.34
8 Toyota Celica 19.43
9 Mazda 323 19.60
10 Honda CR-V 24.22

10 worst
1 Audi RS6 686.98
2 Jaguar XK8 370.63
3 Mercedes SL 361.39
4 BMW Z3 358.32
5 Jaguar XKR 326.51
6 Land Rover Range Rover 314.17
7 Audi Allroad 287.78
8 Mercedes V-Class 270.50
9 Mercedes S-Class 262.94
10 Jeep Cherokee 259.28

German reliability FTW

faral

doesnt matter when this top was made.if u look at any top of the cars u will clearly see who makes them at the best.....yes, and they are not germans lads...sorry;D

ShadowHearth

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

It would appear there are quite a few more brilliant and they could well have chosen a few better cars, so it appears taxi drivers can indeed be wrong (about the cars, we all know well they can be wrong about plenty of other things) :-)

1 Honda Accord
2 Subaru Forester
3 Mazda MX-5
4 Mitsubishi Carisma
5 Toyota Yaris
6 Honda Civic
7 Nissan Almera
8 Honda CR-V
9 Toyota RAV4
10 Nissan Micra
11 Lexus IS 200
12 Mazda 626
13 Jaguar X-Type
14 Toyota Landcruiser
15 Volvo S/V40
16 MINI (BMW)
17 Suzuki Vitara
18 Mazda 323

No idea why you crossed out mx5, but any proper petrol head can tell you that mx5 is one of the moust reliable sports cars in the world. Thats actually why it was so popular. It took british roadster and made it to acctually work!

Briliant car, amd i really not surprised to see it near top.

Esel

Esel wrote: »

23 Rover 45..............
29 Skoda Octavia
...........62 Ford Mondeo
.........91 Toyota Corolla
..........93 BMW 5-series

:cool:


23rd is fairly impressive, from what I've read on here about them I find that hard to believe :eek:

Mr. Presentable

Senna wrote: »

If you click on the link in the 2nd paragraph, it takes you to the reliability index. On the right-hand side are the 10 worse and best. Corrolla is number 1 on best list.

Ten best
1 Toyota Corolla 8.35
2 Mazda MX-5 14.88
3 Honda HR-V 14.91
4 Honda Jazz 18.53
5 Nissan Micra 18.95
6 Honda Civic 19.30
7 Volvo S40 19.34
8 Toyota Celica 19.43
9 Mazda 323 19.60
10 Honda CR-V 24.22

10 worst
1 Audi RS6 686.98
2 Jaguar XK8 370.63
3 Mercedes SL 361.39
4 BMW Z3 358.32
5 Jaguar XKR 326.51
6 Land Rover Range Rover 314.17
7 Audi Allroad 287.78
8 Mercedes V-Class 270.50
9 Mercedes S-Class 262.94
10 Jeep Cherokee 259.28

Could this also be seen as cheap to service vs expensive to service?

RobAMerc

could the Crapolla be at the top because if you knew little enough about cars to buy one unless it actually stopped you might not know something had gone wrong with it ? I mean how many grannies know their indicators stopped working or that the electric windows packed up ?

Conversely the type of nerdy petrol head who spent close to 100k for an RS6 is the type to bring it back every time they hear a thump from it suspension as it crosses a man hole.


Lastly - people on a motoring forum shouldn't give a sh1te about this - its how they drive when they are going that matters - MX5 would still be near the top though.

Cionád

7 - Nissan Almera - A dull package, but that’s no reason to dismiss the Almera which is practical and perfect for the smaller family who need a big boot and utter reliability.

I can vouch for that

The boot isn't that big though

fonecrusher1

Senna wrote: »

If you click on the link in the 2nd paragraph, it takes you to the reliability index. On the right-hand side are the 10 worse and best. Corrolla is number 1 on best list.

Ten best
1 Toyota Corolla 8.35
2 Mazda MX-5 14.88
3 Honda HR-V 14.91
4 Honda Jazz18.53
5 Nissan Micra 18.95
6 Honda Civic 19.30
7 Volvo S40 19.34
8 Toyota Celica 19.43
9 Mazda 323 19.60
10 Honda CR-V 24.22

10 worst
1 Audi RS6 686.98
2 Jaguar XK8 370.63
3 Mercedes SL 361.39
4 BMW Z3 358.32
5 Jaguar XKR 326.51
6 Land Rover Range Rover 314.17
7 Audi Allroad 287.78
8 Mercedes V-Class 270.50
9 Mercedes S-Class 262.94
10 Jeep Cherokee 259.28

^:eek:

Not geat for the old superior german engineering myth. Crikey.

Plug

Japs for your reliability, German for your build quality(minus the reliability bit).

ShadowHearth

Well i kniw germans get alot of worshiping, but after owning a few i cant call them any speciall...

Owned:
Mk2 golf
Calibra redtop
Clk200

Cant say they were alot of trouble, but cant say they were any better then ather cars.

And i am not surprised to see merc so low, they went balls from 1998. All ths new fancy electronic is not helping to the situation.

Guy:Incognito

ShadowHearth wrote: »

No idea why you crossed out mx5, but any proper petrol head can tell you that mx5 is one of the moust reliable sports cars in the world. Thats actually why it was so popular. It took british roadster and made it to acctually work!

Briliant car, amd i really not surprised to see it near top.

Great and all as it is, it's not much use as a taxi :-)

ShadowHearth

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

Great and all as it is, it's not much use as a taxi :-)

Oh, those were crossed out becouse they were not fit for taxi?

I bet i can try that on summer thought, with roof down )