Top 10 most reliable cars are Japanese

Thursday, May 18, 2006

Survey backs up Japanese reliability claims
Only four in top 20 aren't Japanese
Previous Honda Accord is most reliable car

The previous-generation Honda Accord is the most reliable used car, accoding to a new survey

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Japanese cars have taken all of the top 10 positions in a new used car reliability survey by independent warranty provider Warranty Direct.

In fact, only four of the top 20 in the 100-strong list of cars aren't Japanese.

The Jaguar X-type, Volvo S40 and V40, Mini and Saab 9-5 manage to find a place in the top 20 - otherwise, it's dominated by Honda, Lexus, Mitsubishi, Nissan, Subaru, Suzuki and Toyota.

Overall, the previous-generation Honda Accord tops the table, with the current Subaru Forester and previous-generation Mazda MX-5 coming in second and third respectively.

The best effort by a German manufacturer is Mercedes, with its last SLK coming in 25th place.

For full results, visit www.reliabilityindex.co.uk. Look out, too, for the new JD Power Customer Satisfaction survey results. We'll be publishing full results of this survey on whatcar.com in due course, with outline verdicts available online from June 8.

Top 10 Most Reliable Used Cars
Honda Accord (99-03)
Subaru Forester (97-)
Mazda MX-5 (98-05)
Mitsubishi Carisma (95-99)
Toyota Yaris (99-06)
Honda Civic (01-06)
Nissan Almera (95-99)
Honda CR-V (97-02)
Toyota RAV4 (94-00)
Nissan Micra (98-02)