rearranged for better viewing plus some information that was not quoted from the website earlier

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Reliability Index for UK
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The UK Reliability index takes into account all factors of a repair, the cost of the parts and the frequency of failures - The Average of all cars is 112 which means that if the figure for the car you are looking at has a higher than average index (118) it indicates that that car is less reliable than the average, if however there is a lower than average index (60) the reliability is better.


The ratings rearranged with higher reliability on top:-

SKODA 50.59
MAZDA 52.74
HONDA 61.24
SUZUKI 61.9
FORD 78.68
LEXUS 82.59
HYUNDAI 84.15
BMW 84.95
VOLKSWAGEN 85.92
SEAT 89.22
DAEWOO 89.55
PEUGEOT 94.05
MG 98.73
FIAT 98.76
MITSUBISHI 101.23
CITROEN 101.29
TOYOTA 101.78
VOLVO 105.35
VAUXHALL 106.32
ROVER 108.91
NISSAN 115.25
MERCEDES 116.66
CHRYSLER 122.47
RENAULT 129.4
SAAB 141.02
AUDI 156.91
ALFA ROMEO 164.76
JAGUAR 167.6
LANDROVER 191.9
SUBARU 203.05
JEEP 250.25
PORSCHE 257.97

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Reliabilty Index for US
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The American Index has been researched from over 450,000 vehicle records. Unlike our UK analysis, repair costs are not included in this analysis and the index reflects solely the incidence of failure as a percentage - the higher the percentage, the higher the risk of failure.

The rating rearranged with higher reliability on top:-

HYUNDAI 14.87%
MITSUBISHI 16.80%
KIA 17.39%
DAEWOO 19.18%
MAZDA 21.20%
ISUZU 21.73%
SUBARU 21.83%
SUZUKI 22.35%
LAND ROVER 22.89%
PLYMOUTH 22.99%
EAGLE 23.06%
TOYOTA 24.05%
VOLKSWAGEN 24.29%
HONDA 25.07%
CHEVROLET 25.34%
FORD 26.11%
MERCURY 26.11%
OLDSMOBILE 26.20%
DODGE 26.47%
BUICK 26.89%
PONTIAC 27.45%
JEEP 27.74%
CHRYSLER 28.28%
GMC 28.69%
NISSAN 29.37%
AUDI 30.78%
SATURN 31.11%
LINCOLN 32.59%
ACURA 33.29%
MERCEDES BENZ 36.23%
BMW 36.79%
INFINITI 36.93%
SAAB 37.23%
LEXUS 39.25%
CADILLAC 40.20%
PORSCHE 41.48%
VOLVO 42.76%
JAGUAR 57.84%


he he he.....kind of make me proud as the owner of Kia and Hyundai......

err.....that's the thing....maybe its just happens on some people with certain driving habits...

i am driving a kia car and have no problem with FC....compare to any 1.8L Auto trans car and its would be almost the same

some people compare kia 1.6L spectra FC with 1.3L iswara....how can.....