6 Cars With 100% Reliability Score According to 2021 What Car? Study

2021 What Car? Study Shows 6 Cars that got a 100% Reliability Score

What Car? Magazine recently carried out a car reliability survey and surprisingly found six car models achieving 100 per cent reliability score.

The magazine asked 16,328 drivers how reliable were their vehicles over the years. For this study, they considered 178 models and 30 UK car brands.

The survey took into account almost-new vehicles of up to five years old. The latest models of the Mazda CX-3, Audi TT, Mini Convertible and Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross, as well as the old-generation Dacia Sandero and the Honda HR-V, received the most desirable triple-figure rating.

In the meantime, at the brand level, drivers praised vehicles from Lexus and Dacia for their highest reliability in the brand-new and second-hand segment.

On the whole, Lexus received a 98.7 per cent score, with every vehicle achieving at least a 98.4 per cent rating. On the other hand, Dacia obtained a 97.3 per cent overall score, with Suzuki gaining the third spot with a 97.1 per cent rating.

Fiat and Land Rover were two brands that didn’t perform well in the survey with just 82 per cent and 82.5 per cent scores, respectively. Ford also didn’t impress with an 86.2 per cent reliability score.

Hybrids remained most dependable in terms of powertrains, with an average reliability score of 96.9 per cent.

Speaking of the car models, the Lexus NX (2014 to present) gained the top position in the reliability study with a 99.8 per cent score. Alternatively, the least dependable model was BMW X5 Hybrid (2018 to present), rated at 89.7 per cent.

While we believe luxury cars fare well among customers, the reality is otherwise. In the luxury SUV dependability rating, the posh utility vehicles only received an average class rating of 88.8 per cent. However, the Porsche Macan (2014 to present), with its 97.9 per cent rating, went against this trend. The worst performing SUV was the Land Rover Discovery (2017 to present), with a 72.1 per cent score.

What Car? asked the drivers about the vehicle faults they experienced last year and the time and money consumed for repairs. Depending on the answers, the magazine gave an overall rating in percentage.

Going further in the details of questions, the surveyor found that a fifth came across a defect with their vehicles in the last 12 months, with 85 per cent fixed without spending any penny.

The fixes cost between £101 and £500 for seven per cent of owners, whereas two per cent had to dish out more than £1,500 to get their vehicles repaired.

About one-third of vehicles only took a day for fixing, whereas a fourth of them had to spend more than seven days in the garage for repairs.

What Car? publishing supervisor Steve Huntingford stated, “The UK’s used car market is currently booming, making it all the more important that people know which models will be reliable.”

“With feedback from more than 16,000 owners, the latest What Car? Reliability Survey highlights the brands and models with the best and worst records.”

“Our latest study also shows that a high price tag isn't always a guarantee of reliability because some of Britain's cheapest cars are among the most reliable.”

Source: Car Dealer Magazine