Which are the most reliable makes of car?

From your readers' postbag, which makes are the most reliable and which are the least reliable cars more than five years old?

Asked on 14 April 2012 by KR, via email

Answered by Honest John
I’d rather not say because I don’t keep statistics, so what I told you would be an impression rather than a concrete fact.

Your best source of this information is www.reliabilityindex.co.uk which lists statistics compiled by Warranty Direct for cars more than three years old on which it has met warranty claims, so it covers both the frequency of claims and the cost of claims to arrive as an index.
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