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WarrantyWise.co.uk has found that many UK car buyers believe cars produced by big German manufacturers are more reliable than they actually are. WarrantyWise asked more than 750 people who they thought were the most reliable manufacturers in the UK, with Mercedes, Audi and BMW all coming in the top 10. Conversely, WarrantyWise’s data shows those […]
In a survey of over 30,000 people carried out by the Organisation of Consumers and Users (OCU), Honda came top for reliability. The brand received a reliability rating of 93/100 and a further 79% of survey respondents stated they would recommend a Honda vehicle. The Honda Jazz was rated as the top car in terms of reliability in the […]
Hosted at www.warrantydirect.co.uk/wd360, the Warranty Direct 360 Used Car Survey will be the most comprehensive, all-round study of UK used car ownership ever conducted and will use data from more than 50,000 live policies to give a full ‘360-degree view’ of vehicle ownership. Warranty Direct’s unique www.ReliabilityIndex.com website has made the UK’s largest direct provider of automotive warranties […]
Consumer brand Which? ran a recent survey to discover which new car was the most reliable. The brilliant Skoda Yeti came out top. In a survey completed by owners of 47,000 vehicles, the petrol-powered model ranked number one in the SUV/4×4 classes with a 98% reliability score. As that was the highest total of any […]
Sometimes it can be difficult to pin down exactly what’s going wrong with a car. A friend of mine is a mechanic and someone recently had their car bump started and took it in for him to take a look at. The weird thing? Once it got there, it started up every time following about […]
Once again Skoda has proven that they are committed to the quality of their vehicles and has been justifiably awarded for doing so. In this case, the UK arm of the firm has won Škoda Auto’s Human Touch and Customer Care award for the second year in succession. This is the fourth time in five […]
As this is such a serious matter, here are the words (without filter) direct from Toyota. Stay safe out there folks and please heed the following advice if you have a new Toyota. Note, my emphasis. “There is a possibility that certain accelerator pedal mechanisms may, in rare instances, mechanically stick in a partially depressed […]