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Honda most reliable cars, says Which? Car

A new Which? Car report says Honda is the most reliable car manufacturer.

Honda had a reliability index rating of 85%.

Honda was closely followed into second place by Toyota (84%).

The rest of the top six were all Japanese: Daihatsu (83%); Lexus (83%); Mazda (83%); Subaru (83%); and Suzuki (83%).

Honda models won three categories: Supermini, Honda Jazz; Large Car, Honda Civic Hybrid; and MPV, Honda FR-V.

However, it was not all plain-sailing for Honda. The all-new Civic hatchback found itself at the bottom of the Medium Car chart

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30 November 1999

A new Which? Car report says Honda is the most reliable car manufacturer.

Honda had a reliability index rating of 85%.

Honda was closely followed into second place by Toyota (84%).

The rest of the top six were all Japanese: Daihatsu (83%); Lexus (83%); Mazda (83%); Subaru (83%); and Suzuki (83%).

Honda models won three categories: Supermini, Honda Jazz; Large Car, Honda Civic Hybrid; and MPV, Honda FR-V.

However, it was not all plain-sailing for Honda. The all-new Civic hatchback found itself at the bottom of the Medium Car chart – possibly as a result of the recall on the handbrake.

The Which? Car reliability report found that premium German marques – Audi, BMW and Mercedes-Benz – all had average reliability scores. Although the Audi TT was best in the Sports & coupe category; and the Mercedes E-Class was best Luxury car. Volkswagen was rated as poor.

Honda dealers were also rated second best to deal with, just behind luxury marque Lexus.

Which? Car most reliable models

    • Supermini Honda Jazz
    • Mini MPVs Skoda Roomster
    • Medium Cars Volvo C30
    • Large Cars Honda Civic Hybrid
    • Luxury Cars Mercedes-Benz E-Class
    • MPVs Honda FR-V
    • Off-roaders Lexus RX
    • Sports & coupes Audi TT

 

And those at the bottom of the class

    • Supermini Fiat Grande Punto
    • Mini MPVs Suzuki SX4
    • Medium Cars Honda Civic
    • Large Cars Volkswagen Passat
    • Luxury Cars Jaguar S-Type
    • MPVs Ford Galaxy
    • Off-roaders Land Rover Discovery 3
    • Sports & coupes None

 

Which? Car reliability report puts Honda top of the list

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Ralph Morton

Ralph Morton

Ralph Morton is an award-winning journalist and the founder of Business Car Manager (now renamed Business Motoring). Ralph writes extensively about the car and van leasing industry as well as wider fleet and company car issues. A former editor of What Car?, Ralph is a vastly experienced writer and editor and has been writing about the automotive sector for over 35 years.

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