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March 23rd, 2006, 01:02 PM
Cars: West is the worst
By KEN GIBSON
Motoring Editor
EUROPE has been labelled a write-off when it comes to making reliable cars.
French and Italian models account for NINE of the bottom 11 motors in a top survey.
Even Land Rover’s big selling Freelander model is slated, finishing 97th out of 100 in Auto Express’ poll of 46,000 motorists.
Japanese cars dominated the report with an incredible 11 out of 12 of the most reliable cars.
Honda roared off with the top prize for their S2000 roadster — while their Jazz supermini, CR-V and Accord models were second, fourth and fifth.
Skoda was the only European car to break the Japanese stranglehold — with the Fabia supermini.
The Peugeot 307 had the unenviable distinction of being the most unreliable car — while Renault had two cars in the bottom ten, including the big selling Megane hatchback.
TOP 10
1 HONDA S2000 98.45 per cent
2 HONDA JAZZ 97.63
3 LEXUS IS (old model) 97.13
4 HONDA CR-V 95.87
5 HONDA ACCORD 95.41
6 TOYOTA YARIS 95.24
7 KIA SORENTO 95.22
8 MAZDA MX-5 (old model) 94.93
9 TOYOTA RAV4 94.72
10 TOYOTA COROLLA 94.16 (marks out of 100)
WORST 10
100 PEUGEOT 307 71.24
99 RENAULT MEGANE (new) 74.02
98 RENAULT LAGUNA 74.41
97 LAND ROVER FREELANDER 74.98
96 CITROEN C3 76.28
95 CITROEN C5 76.67
94 FIAT PUNTO (old model) 76.95
93 FORD GALAXY 77.20
92 RENAULT CLIO (old model) 77.74
91 ALFA ROMEO 156 77.82
90 ALFA ROMEO 157 77.93
(marks out of 100)
thesun.co.uk
Cars: West is the worst
By KEN GIBSON
Motoring Editor
EUROPE has been labelled a write-off when it comes to making reliable cars.
French and Italian models account for NINE of the bottom 11 motors in a top survey.
Even Land Rover’s big selling Freelander model is slated, finishing 97th out of 100 in Auto Express’ poll of 46,000 motorists.
Japanese cars dominated the report with an incredible 11 out of 12 of the most reliable cars.
Honda roared off with the top prize for their S2000 roadster — while their Jazz supermini, CR-V and Accord models were second, fourth and fifth.
Skoda was the only European car to break the Japanese stranglehold — with the Fabia supermini.
The Peugeot 307 had the unenviable distinction of being the most unreliable car — while Renault had two cars in the bottom ten, including the big selling Megane hatchback.
TOP 10
1 HONDA S2000 98.45 per cent
2 HONDA JAZZ 97.63
3 LEXUS IS (old model) 97.13
4 HONDA CR-V 95.87
5 HONDA ACCORD 95.41
6 TOYOTA YARIS 95.24
7 KIA SORENTO 95.22
8 MAZDA MX-5 (old model) 94.93
9 TOYOTA RAV4 94.72
10 TOYOTA COROLLA 94.16 (marks out of 100)
WORST 10
100 PEUGEOT 307 71.24
99 RENAULT MEGANE (new) 74.02
98 RENAULT LAGUNA 74.41
97 LAND ROVER FREELANDER 74.98
96 CITROEN C3 76.28
95 CITROEN C5 76.67
94 FIAT PUNTO (old model) 76.95
93 FORD GALAXY 77.20
92 RENAULT CLIO (old model) 77.74
91 ALFA ROMEO 156 77.82
90 ALFA ROMEO 157 77.93
(marks out of 100)
thesun.co.uk
