The Ten Most Reliable Cars in Britain - With Some Suprises

Woah!

Will! The A4 is more reliable than the IS!

I knew it! JD POWER IS BIASED!

And the 3er, A3 and Passat are on there!!!

Have you heard of a longterm reliability? As in 5 years, perhaps? Correct me if, I'm wrong but I don't remember seeing a single Audi listed on above ave.

I keep all of my cars for five years, usually.

My Saab had problems (this was during the late-80s with a 900 Turbo coupe), but nothing after that, including my Audis, did.

I've had two Acuras (a '91 Vigor and a '95 TL, which wasn't as good as the Vigor) and three everyday (non-winter car) Audis, a 2000 A6 2.7T quattro and an '05 S4 Cabriolet.

*TWO everyday Audis. Sorry for the weird mistype.

S4cabriofoxone - Actually JD Power did not conduct this survey.

I know. THAT'S THE POINT.

JD Power says Lexus is the most reliable at everything, but this obviously un-biased European firm shows how the A4 is more reliable than any Lexus currently on sale.

Yes S4 just because this survey helps prove your point you think it is unbiased - wait isn't that biased itself. You wouldn't say that this is unbiased if Lexus were ranked at the top would you??? Lexus is by far the best in reliability and the A4 is ranked as really good in reliability by CR as well.

HAHA no Benz ??

Very funny huh?

the flagship S class is "NOT RECOMMENDED" by CR because of its reliability issues. DESPITE its getting a decent score on the Road Test. (yes, cr does actually TEST cars too.)

lesser mbs hardly fare better.

I see three Toyota products in the top six [Avensis, Lexus IS and Corolla] - quite impressive.

Also folks don't forget we would expect to see European Manufacturers do much better in European tests of this type - why?, because in Europe many German models are sold with much less equipment than is typical in the US. So an Audi or Merc that is reliable with cloth seats, wind-up windows [ok I'm exagerating for effect!], AM radio and drum breaks may be unreliable when loaded with leather, DVD navigation, sunroof, popcorn maker and fridge/freezer.

^^^^ LMAO

However, you have to admit that those Audi and BMW models are MORE RELIABLE than their equally spartan Toyota competitors. The A4 and 3er have no Toyota competitors, however- and I believe it was the base IS220d that is almost as reliable as the A4.

The A3 could be compared to a Toyota, but it too is more reliable than any Toyota with the same options.

This is what happens when # of cupholders and brake dust aren't considered reliability issues.

"Well, industry newspaper Fleet News has surveyed nearly one million company cars and put together a list of the ten most reliable cars on sale. Is yours on there?"

I trust this, 1 million cars is a good sample amount.

Still the cupholder shouldn't break in a $40k car. That's just ridiculous if it does break.
***Not pointing at one specific car here.

I am surprised that Passat made into top 10 list in the UK. I saw the eariler post here mentioned that it is the least reliable car in the family car segment.

That all depends on the popularity of a make in which ever country the survey was conducted.

this survey was conducted by fleet news, a car magazine for comnpany car fleets. lots of motorway mile munchers, hence the 3er being a popular car. bmw would have to make it reliable, or they would lose so many sales.

Yes. I was supposed to stay a week but my trip was cut short because I was recalled back home.

Had a FWD Audi A4 2.0 TDI as a rental, not sure of the horsepower output but it was quick and fun to drive. I believe it had a regular A/T too. DSG or CVT might have been to expensive for a rental.

FWD is ok for weaker cars. Generally, anything over 200-220-hp and massive torque amounts are what make FWD a pain.

The Acura TL or Nissan Maxima for example are difficult to control in some environments (wet roads) if driven in a sporty fashion because the front wheels just can't take that much power and torque steer.

This Audi was pretty nice. Comfortable for long distances. I arrived at Frankfurt airport and then rented it and drove to Essen. Very comfortable car on the Autobahns and the handling was decent for country roads. Even better, I was pushing it when there were no speed limits on the Autobahn and it had nice pickup in terms of acceleration. Fuel economy, despite my driving, was a respectable 5.8 liters per 100 km, which is about 40 mpg if my conversions are correct. Pretty good for a car that is being driven at speeds above 180 kph most of the time. ;)

If Will thinks that all FWD cars aren't fun to drive, he's obviously never driven an A3 2.0T, with either the manual or the DSG.

I can understand why. All of the FWD Toyotas you've driven are like driving a desk.

LOL!

Oh, last week I got a flat tire. Can that go on the JD Power list, too?

When I owned a BMW coupe fifteen years ago the light bulbs were always getting blown - whether it was the trunk, the rear lights or the front light bulbs. Guess that's one issue that was never reengineered.

burnt out bulbs may not seem like such a big deal these days. there was a time when they WERE.

i used to note that GM cars had more burned out bulbs than most. EE friend of mine said there was in fact a reason. the voltage regulators on most gm cars were set too high.

i had also noted in the 1980s that you RARELY saw burned out lights on most japanese cars. and in fact, i had a '71 toyota that still had the ORIGINAL headlights for over 15 years.

that changed with the '93 toy truck i got. it had GE rather than toshiba bulbs. which DID burn out more readily.

so when you see a toyota with a burned out lite bulb, you can blame them for cheaping out and going with GE instead of Toshiba.

when you have an MB or BMW with faulty power eqpt and electrics, who do you blame? the supplier? the manufacturer for using cheap components? the mgfr for sloppy wiring?

any and ALL! ;)

Come on guys, I'm from Europe and everyone here knows Japanese cars are the best. Duh :)