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Which make of car is the most reliable?
Dear Chris, I�m planning to buy a second-hand car and want to minimise the risk of a roadside breakdown. Can you give me a steer on which make of car is the most reliable?
Mel, via email on 11 September 2010
Our Breakdown Expert says...
A used car is more likely to break down than a new one. But you can lessen the chances of requiring roadside assistance by buying from manufacturers with a good reliability history.
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Honda has been named the most reliable car manufacturer for the past five years by What Car? magazine�s annual �reliability study�.
This year Subaru was named the second most reliable car manufacturer, closely followed by Mitsubishi and Lexus in third and fourth place, respectively. Toyota took fifth place in the magazine�s 2010 study.
Cars aged between three and 10-years old were considered in the study, which also used information from 50,000 breakdown policies. The study also considered a vehicle�s mileage, failure frequency, average repair time and cost of new parts.
For example, only 7% of Hondas needed repairs over the past 12 months. But 53% of Land Rovers needed repairs in the last year - the manufacturer was also named the least reliable car manufacturer by the study.
If your second-hand car does breakdown then it�s also important to know how much repairs could cost you.
Porsches and Mazdas cost the most to fix, the study found, with average repair bills of �717 and �481, respectively. Renaults and Fiats cost a mere �226 and �237 per repair, respectively.
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