The consumer advice magazine has in fact listed no less than seven Japanese models in the top ten with the remaining five other cars scoring more than 94%.
The survey by Which? was based on information from the owners of more than 84,000 vehicles covering some 121 models. The information covered topics such as breakdowns, faults and minor problems they had experienced while driving.
In comparison, the Audi A5 was crowned the new car most likely to go wrong, with only a lowly 75.8% reliability rating. It would seem that A5 drivers reported a significant number of faults with the sport coupes' electrics.
However, perhaps Audi can take some solace in that electrical faults now account for a significant number of all faults reported.
The 10 most reliable new cars:
1 Honda Accord 98.5%2 Honda Jazz 98.2%
3 Daihatsu Sirion 97.5%
4 Hyundai i30 96.8%
5 Ford Fiesta 96.2%
6. Honda Jazz 95.9%
7 Honda Civic Hybrid 95.7%
8 Citroën C1 95.7%
9 Toyota Prius 95.0%
10 Mazda 3 94.4%
The 10 least reliable new cars:
112 Hyundai Santa Fe 82.2%113 Jaguar S-type 81.2%
114 Volvo XC90 80.6%
115 Land Rover Freelander 80.1%
116 Ford S-Max 79.9%
117 Land Rover Discovery 79.5%
118 Alfa Romeo 159 79.0%
119 Jaguar XF 78.0%
120 Ford Galaxy 76.3%
121 Audi A5 75.8%
