Honda Sweeps Which? Car Reliability Honors
HONDA has emerged victorious in UKs 2007 Which? Car reliability study of new models its Jazz supermini besting all other contenders to emerge as the overall ratings with a rating from owners of 96 per cent.
Honda also maker of top of the line auto parts like Honda ball joint has also either won or shared top spot in the medium car bracket with the previous generation Civic; in the large car group with the Accord; in the peoplecarrier section with the FRV and among offroaders with the old CRV.
The only disappointment the automaker so far had was with its latest Civic which earned a poor reliability rating of only 82 per cent. Overall average for new cars was 88 per cent.
According to Which? Car the least reliable new model based from its survey of 93365 motorists was the Land Rover Discovery 3 “not as big and tough as it thinks it is” with a rating of 79 per cent.
Which? Car also noted that the VW Passat contrary to Volkswagen’s reputation for reliability was a disappointment same with the Peugeot 307 and Renault Megane all with 82 per cent.
Honda also won Which? Cars manufacturers’ league table taking the overall reliability index of 86 per cent with Toyota following closely behind with just one point to sit in the second place.
Following in the list were other Far Eastern manufacturers: Daihatsu Hyundai Lexus Mazda Subaru and Suzuki were all vying for the third place all of which scored 82 per cent.
At the bottom of the list was Land Rover with 68 per cent just behind Renault and Fiat.
Honda is setting the benchmark in car reliability and its up to other manufacturers to raise their standards to match. Which? Car Editor Richard Headland said
Complete List:
Category: Superminis
Most reliable new cars
Honda Jazz 96 per cent
Least reliable new cars
Fiat Grande Punto 85 per cent
Category: Medium cars
Most reliable new cars
Honda Civica Mazda 3
both 94 per cent
Least reliable new cars
Citron C4 Honda Civic Peugeot 307 Renault Mgane all 82 per cent
Category: Large cars
Most reliable new cars
BMW 3 Series Honda Accord Toyota Avensis all 94 per cent
Least reliable new cars
Peugeot 407 Skoda Octavia VW Passat Volvo S40/V50 all 82 per cent
Category: Luxury cars
Most reliable new cars
Audi A6 91 per cent
Least reliable new cars
BMW 5 Series Jaguar Stype Saab 95 Volvo V70 all 85 per cent
Category: Mini MPVs
Most reliable new cars
Nissan Note 94 per cent
Least reliable new cars
Ford Fusion Vauxhall Meriva both 88 per cent
Category: MPVs people carriers
Most reliable new cars
Honda FRV 91 per cent
Least reliable new cars
Chrysler Grand Voyager Ford
CMax Renault Scnic all 82 per cent
Category: Sports/coups
Most reliable new cars
Mazda MX5 94 per cent
Least reliable new cars
Mazda RX8 82 per cent
Category: Offroaders
Most reliable new cars
Honda CRVa Toyota RAV4 both 94 per cent
Least reliable new cars
Land Rover Discovery 3 79 per cent
About the writer: Ally Wahlberg is a Computer Information Systems specialist. Ally leads an active lifestyle and he is a fan of extreme sports. He is also a car enthusiast and writing about his interests is one of his passions.
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