BMW 3 Series voted most reliable car
BMW's biggest selling model range, the 3 Series, has been voted the
most reliable car in a survey of Britain's vehicle leasing companies.
The poll, which covered the reliability history of nearly 900,000
vehicles in 2008, also revealed that BMW was the most reliable
manufacturer overall.
In an historic win over the Japanese car manufacturers who
traditionally dominate in reliability surveys, BMW topped the charts
in this year's annual Fleet News (FN) reliability survey. The BMW 3 Series was
the most rated model for reliability, with the MINI hatch and BMW 1
Series also making the top ten, sitting fifth and seventh most
reliable respectively.
The survey compiled by Fleet News looked at multi-marque leasing
companies. 881,000 cars were assessed according to the number of
breakdowns per 100 of each type of model on each leasing company's
fleet. Points were then awarded according to the number of times that
brands or particular models appeared in the tables supplied by the
leasing firms and also for the position in which they were placed.
FN50 Survey results
Top 10 most reliable manufacturers
1 BMW 3 Series
2 Honda
3 Toyota
4 Ford
5 Volkswagen
6 Mercedes-Benz
7 Audi
8 Lexus
9 Mazda
10 Vauxhall
Top 10 most reliable models
1 BMW
2 Toyota Avensis
3 Honda Accord
4 Volkswagen Golf
5 MINI
6 Mercedes-Benz C-Class
7 BMW 1 Series
8 Honda Civic
9. Ford Focus
10. Audi A4
Full details of the FN50 survey can be viewed at www.fleetnews.co.uk