The National for March 21, 2017
Japanese cars voted most reliable by huge margin in the Consumer Reports survey.
The Scion was voted the most reliable car in the latest survey by Consumer Reports.
Japanese automakers took nine first places in the annual survey of the reliability of the car driven by Consumer Reports.
The league table of the best and worst performing brands is based on feedback from 1 to 3 million subscribers and US magazine, while Japanese manufacturers have performed well, the US giant Ford fell down the list dramatically, the collapse of 10th place in 2010 to 20th place table this year.
The first brand was Scion with its xD identified as the best model, followed by Lexus, for which the CT 200h was the most impressive Acura model came in third place, followed by Mazda, Honda, Toyota, Infiniti, Subaru and Nissan.
Tenth place - and most successful non-Japanese brand - Volvo was Hyundai and Kia, both South Korea took the next two places, with Jeep in 13th place, the first American car brand.
Among the 27 brands identified in the study, published Tuesday in Detroit, the last three places were taken by Audi, Porsche and Jaguar.
Of the 91 Japanese models for which enough data consumption reports, some 87 - representing 96 percent of the total - were rated average or better in predicted reliability among them 24 Japanese models earned the highest rating.
The biggest improvement was Mazda, which went up eight points from last year, the magazine All its models were rated above average.
Scion remains the top brand in the Consumer Reports survey, but only two models of its three, the xB and xD, had sufficient data to be included, he added Lexus, with 11 models included, rebounded seven places from the last year.
European models continued to be a blend of reliable, less reliable, the magazine reported, with the reliability of European vehicles slightly lower than the US brands of 58 European cars examined, 37 - average or rated for - about 64 percent reliability.
Volvo came out leading the European pack, assisted by the redesigned S60 model, while Volkswagen held in 16th place last year, with seven of its 11 production models average or better in the Mercedes-Benz and BMW are study improved.
Ford poor performance is the result of the new Explorer, Fiesta models and Focus all suffering reliability below average in their first year Likewise, the company suffered problems with new technologies, including with the MyFord Touch system infotainment and automated manual transmission used in the Fiesta and focus.
Chrysler improved in the rankings last year, climbing 12 places, while the rise of 13 square Jeep means that it is recognized as the most reliable American brand.
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