The MOST RELIABLE cars (and brands) of 2024 | What Car?

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  • @l4rjy
    @l4rjy Місяць тому +88

    After watching this video, reliability of What car review is 0 😂

  • @rc666
    @rc666 Місяць тому +135

    Mini, are you joking?

    • @davcuts2897
      @davcuts2897 Місяць тому +4

      MINI has been rated the 3rd most reliable brand by Consumer Reports in the USA for the past 2 years. They rate higher than even Honda. It's hard to believe when in years past they where always near the bottom for reliability.

    • @michaelma3385
      @michaelma3385 Місяць тому +4

      It's probably because a proportion of new owners buying the EV mini, all EV are significantly less maintenance needed

    • @smitabhmoitra5726
      @smitabhmoitra5726 Місяць тому +1

      Nah honestly the electric minis are almost flawless when it comes to reliability. Genuinely, hats off to them.

    • @markgt894
      @markgt894 Місяць тому +3

      @@michaelma3385bs, it’s just based on peoples reports. No way European manufacturers are more reliable than Toyota

    • @Babel7078
      @Babel7078 Місяць тому

      Many won't believe because they have Gen 1 and Gen 2 in their mind when there were PSA engines and Leiland gearshift. Gen3 is totally different story, BMW and Getrag in the heart of the car.
      Mine is 2020 F56, wonderful!

  • @garywood1317
    @garywood1317 Місяць тому +41

    It seems hard to believe that Mini is more reliable than the Japanese brands and that no Honda car is in the top 10. We have had two Honda Jazz's now, and they are bulletproof.

  • @G6EJD
    @G6EJD Місяць тому +67

    The problem with these surveys is they are not normalised for mileage, generally a car that travels few miles is more reliable, and a granny who owns an apparently very reliable car, is because it spends most of its time in the garage!

    • @dimjad7933
      @dimjad7933 Місяць тому +10

      Grannies don't go online to complete surveys.

    • @G6EJD
      @G6EJD Місяць тому +4

      @ even so put an Aygo through the same mileage rigours of say a Company car BMW and it would likely soon fail. Normalising for mileage evens out the results so 2 failures in 20000miles (2/20000) for a BMW verses 2 failures in 1000miles (2/1000) reveals more realistic results. The Granny reference was for an example to get results…

    • @dodiloi
      @dodiloi Місяць тому +1

      ​​​​@@G6EJD Miles are not accurate, calculate how many miles does a 2000h driving, at highway speeds (60mph) and city speeds (like 20mph) do. Both cars do the same work hours, one with 120k miles, the other with 40k miles.

    • @josipmatic4732
      @josipmatic4732 Місяць тому

      None Vw, skoda but they driven economy?

    • @gavjlewis
      @gavjlewis Місяць тому +1

      Well considering we have a Citroen C1 that will tick over 200k miles in the next few weeks, I'm not surprised that the Aygo X (which has the same engine) is proving to be reliable.
      I looked to get one as a replacement, but they are still over £10k even for a 2.5 year old car. Probably should have bought one new considering how well used values are holding up.

  • @joe80ss
    @joe80ss Місяць тому +62

    No way Mini beats lexus, toyota, Suzuki and Honda.

    • @robc8593
      @robc8593 Місяць тому +7

      The UK motor press feel duty bound to plug 'British' brands, always have. Doesn't help consumer confidence though, we all now when something doesn't sit right.

    • @dodgywheelsandropeywiring5697
      @dodgywheelsandropeywiring5697 Місяць тому +4

      @@robc8593 Except it's not a British brand anymore, it's German owned by BMW.

    • @robc8593
      @robc8593 Місяць тому +3

      @@dodgywheelsandropeywiring5697 True but as long as they are made here they still do it, like JLR are Indian

    • @danielshinerock1526
      @danielshinerock1526 14 днів тому +1

      Bmer. They say Mini is the most reliable car. Of course it is.

  • @pysgodfish
    @pysgodfish Місяць тому +6

    I have had 3 Suzuki swifts over the last 12 years with no faults at all for any of them!

  • @apolitis1
    @apolitis1 Місяць тому +22

    This survey is ridiculous...does it take into account mileage/warranty/service costs? Not to mention manufacturing quality(I'm looking at you Tesla)...
    I Test drove VW Golf, Audi A1 ,Benz A class, BMW series 1 and Lexus LBX. Lexus gave an 11(!!!) year warranty in both mechanical parts and battery. The others only 3-4. I think that tells you everything you need to know.

  • @roelvanes1711
    @roelvanes1711 Місяць тому +18

    Mini! Dreadful for reliability and repair costs as they age!

    • @gavjlewis
      @gavjlewis Місяць тому

      Yes the R series cars are shocking. The F series cars seem to be much better. Considering they are only looking at cars from 2019, then Mini have had at least 6 years to iron out most of the issues before these cars were made.

    • @danielshinerock1526
      @danielshinerock1526 14 днів тому

      Depreciate and cost a arm and a leg when they go wrong and the will.

  • @steve050867
    @steve050867 Місяць тому +8

    Mini number 1. It's coming up to Christmas not April fools day.

  • @WheelieMacBin
    @WheelieMacBin Місяць тому +15

    These figures seem strange, as anybody who regularly uses motorways, cannot fail to notice the unusual number of BMW's on the hard shoulders.

    • @JudoSoni
      @JudoSoni Місяць тому

      Haha true me and my take a guesses if it’s ford or bmw on a hard shoulder after waze warns of a car on a shoulder ahead.

    • @crestas9
      @crestas9 Місяць тому

      It’s mostly e46 or e90 models though, not the modern ones.

  • @markbennett9787
    @markbennett9787 Місяць тому +6

    In November 2018 I bought an Alfa Romeo Giulietta MultiAir 150ch, I have done over 60,000 km since new with absolutely no problems at all. I have it serviced annually and have travelled all over France from my home in rural Brittany.

    • @flickthenick
      @flickthenick Місяць тому +1

      Ha can't be a proper Alfa - only joking...

    • @l4rjy
      @l4rjy Місяць тому +2

      Any car can do 60, 000km without issues. I’ve done 210 000miles that is 336 000km in my Prius. Can you do that kind of miles on Alfa?

    • @markbennett9787
      @markbennett9787 Місяць тому +1

      @@l4rjy Have to wait and see.

    • @jou3708
      @jou3708 Місяць тому +1

      ​@@l4rjy I think he can easily make 200k km. Fiat motor in this car is one of the most reliable and long lasting. 10 years old Fiats 500 are known to be undestructible and run 200-300k kms and more.

  • @The77Game
    @The77Game Місяць тому +6

    Crazy that Mini is nr 1 here and on Carwow it was listed as the most unreliable small hatchback.

    • @vamostimow
      @vamostimow 22 дні тому

      @@The77Game new ones are reliable

  • @theanswer1993
    @theanswer1993 Місяць тому +20

    BMW #10 and #9 :D Stop lying hahaha

    • @lottiban377
      @lottiban377 Місяць тому +3

      You ´re the kind of guy, who is calling every fact he doesn´t like a "lie".

  • @briantitchener4829
    @briantitchener4829 Місяць тому +8

    Mini? 😏 Mark Twain got it right,--"There are lies, damned lies, and statistics".

  • @oscarradikoro5690
    @oscarradikoro5690 8 днів тому +2

    Follow the taxi drivers, Toyota Prius

  • @chunkybeats79
    @chunkybeats79 Місяць тому +2

    Ignore this liat because they're UK specific, different markets have different performance and brands that UK doesn't have. For example in Oceania BMW or any euro car are the worst here, Japanese amd Koeran are reliable here

  • @urbanstrencan
    @urbanstrencan Місяць тому +7

    For me I think still Japanese cars are the best, and Hyundai is up there too

  • @bojansalmic9811
    @bojansalmic9811 13 днів тому

    i have MB C 220 dizel, now 5 years old, absolutelly no problem up to now...great car...

  • @paulstaffordcook8799
    @paulstaffordcook8799 Місяць тому +9

    What a nonsense video! All UA-cam mechanics tell us that BMW, Audi and Mercedes are over complicated and unreliable in the long term (beyond warranty). Reliability videos uploaded by car review channels (such as this one) are based on surveys that are not worth the paper they’re written on. Listen to the mechanics folks.

    • @markdawson4625
      @markdawson4625 Місяць тому +1

      Totally agree, how any German branded cars can be called reliable now is a joke. Clearly the Japanese build the most reliable cars. Carwow’s reliability survey was more in depth and scientific

  • @asdflux
    @asdflux Місяць тому +5

    is it porsche daily driven ?? in asia that was a weekend car, cos hot temp

  • @mycokakar9066
    @mycokakar9066 Місяць тому +8

    Number 1 spot mini lol.. guess time to unsubscribe the channel!!😊

  • @carlangaspinetree
    @carlangaspinetree Місяць тому +9

    Mini 🤣
    Yeah right.
    Clearly a survey statistically well sorted out.

  • @lungaswazi9194
    @lungaswazi9194 Місяць тому +1

    So Mini is more reliable than Kia? That Q2 had engine problems and it was rated 2nd most reliable car?

  • @mikadavies660
    @mikadavies660 Місяць тому +3

    Tesla in 6th being the most reliable BEV! That must stick in a few throats!

  • @strudercutie
    @strudercutie Місяць тому +1

    Clicked of the video immediately when the first listing is a BMW

  • @stphnwheeler
    @stphnwheeler Місяць тому +1

    It doesn't surprise me that Japanese Cars/Manufacturers dominate reliabilities surveys but no mention of Stellantis products - Peugeot? Citroen? Alfa?

  • @kboccuzzi7407
    @kboccuzzi7407 Місяць тому

    I appreciate your good work here. Is the reliability survey open only to UK residents? I could not get past the location question.

  • @megapangolin1093
    @megapangolin1093 Місяць тому +1

    There is something fishy going on here, are Mini owners underreporting at the behest of the manufacturer?

  • @drewhender3999
    @drewhender3999 Місяць тому +1

    People must realise the reputation for Mini unreliability comes from the generation that ended in 2013. As a Mini fan even I wouldn’t own a car from that generation, the 2014 onwards F Series is much more reliable

    • @Babel7078
      @Babel7078 Місяць тому +2

      Agreed, previos models, before 2014 were usind Tritec and Prince (PSA with BMW collaboration ) were a nightmare. After that F56 is another story in every sense.

  • @srilankan87
    @srilankan87 Місяць тому

    Hi whatcar, please do a ranking of this type exclusively for electric vehicles. Another out of the box idea for you; you could also do a yearly most comfortable car ranking as well (silence, suspension, seats etc). your audience will love it, and it will be a youtube first.

  • @Dorset_Dave
    @Dorset_Dave Місяць тому

    I find the Warranty Direct Reliability Index a better gauge, as it uses data from actual warranty claims.

  • @ciarayboydj
    @ciarayboydj Місяць тому

    Mini!! I've heard some utter guff in my time but this is definitely up there! Some back handers here I think!

  • @descarroll2039
    @descarroll2039 11 днів тому +1

    This survey is all over the place and not a true proper survey....take these surveys with a pinch of salt.....

  • @spleenator
    @spleenator Місяць тому +9

    Mercedes A-Class, a reliable car? This is a joke...

  • @cabottaxi
    @cabottaxi Місяць тому

    Does that number 10 slot include the M4 version ?

  • @lozmorgan7373
    @lozmorgan7373 Місяць тому +4

    Mini no way it must be April fools 😂 and a lot of German cars in the top ten 😂

  • @tonyw.1936
    @tonyw.1936 Місяць тому +3

    And today show sponsor by MINI .😀

  • @TL-xw6fh
    @TL-xw6fh Місяць тому +3

    Total rubbish. Just destroyed this channel's reputation forever!

  • @JohnnyCambs
    @JohnnyCambs Місяць тому +1

    Survey is flawed. Never start a survey with a leading negative response. This immediately makes the owner think about issues, leading to a negative overall response. This, like ur EV comparisons should be completely ignored.

  • @goaboi
    @goaboi Місяць тому +5

    HARD TO BELIVE BMW IS ON THIS LIST

  • @firstnamelastname9631
    @firstnamelastname9631 Місяць тому +3

    What about unreliable EVs? It would be a more useful list.

  • @level10boy
    @level10boy Місяць тому +1

    On no planet is a mini more reliable than a Lexus, what a joke!

  • @skipskops
    @skipskops Місяць тому

    Cars built in 2024 going wrong is insane. I don't expect to buy a car of this year and it go wrong.

  • @namechecksout6300
    @namechecksout6300 Місяць тому +10

    Land Rover left the chat

    • @glennchinyangarara8225
      @glennchinyangarara8225 Місяць тому +1

      Vauxhall did too

    • @philipnorth9606
      @philipnorth9606 Місяць тому

      Landrover never made the chat, they were awful before statistics were collected. At least they are consistent...

  • @norbertoreis4583
    @norbertoreis4583 Місяць тому

    Premium brand car owners always tend to hide issues with their cars... It's a classic 🙂

  • @Gwril76
    @Gwril76 Місяць тому +3

    Mini 🤔

  • @jablot5054
    @jablot5054 5 днів тому

    Why are manufacturers charging people for faults with these cars? I expect a car to work for at least five years if serviced and driven correctly.

  • @marius_dragan
    @marius_dragan Місяць тому +2

    I sense a bit of biased 'statistics'

  • @nicholasriley3569
    @nicholasriley3569 Місяць тому +1

    The results are the results but quite a few of the cars on the list are very unreliable in most other surveys so maybe your methodology is flawed. For example under your criteria, you could be comparing a generation of one model thats been out for 5 yrs to another that was only introduced 3 months ago! That clearly favours the model thats only been on sale for 3 months.

  • @tectorama
    @tectorama Місяць тому +1

    Other surveys will say the Mini is crap

  • @stephencollins7714
    @stephencollins7714 Місяць тому +1

    Useful consumer advice but reliability is so dull. I really hope that they take my licence away long before I select a car based upon its reliability.

    • @k.j.hulander2204
      @k.j.hulander2204 Місяць тому

      Disregarding reliability is your choice and an understandable choice if you have the benefit of a company car or have the margins for depreciation. However, the vast majority of private buyers do well to consider reliability and depreciation in their financial calculus. I’m not saying anyone should buy a Yaris for the great ride but my mum essentially drove hers for free from 2016 until last year due to a combination of inflation, high resale value and low operating costs. For many people that’s an attractive proposition.

    • @stephencollins7714
      @stephencollins7714 Місяць тому

      @ I totally understand where you are coming from and it is of course a perfectly valid argument. I am running 2x 2018 Audi’s at the moment and pay to extend the warranty each year. I know that if they break down, I am covered and will be given a courtesy car but both have been rock solid. I do really look after my cars though, I maintain them fastidiously and let them warm and cool properly which i believe pays off.

  • @philhicks5818
    @philhicks5818 Місяць тому +1

    Just ordered our 7 th mini , had six and only one issue in one of them , I’m happy with the result 😊

  • @simonp9075
    @simonp9075 Місяць тому +1

    What a load of old tosh. At best these surveys are about 3% accurate as this is the amount of cars surveyed. All done to sell magazines like What Car and if you want something reliable stay away from anything expensive and over complicated like Land Rover and many German and EVs cars. Japanese cars like Honda and Toyota and cheaper cars like Dacia are reliable. A good friend of mine works for one of the top breakdown companies and says most cars on the side of the road are a Land Rover a product or other expensive brands. Staying away from tech and diesels which are now over complicated will also help.

  • @adrianking6355
    @adrianking6355 Місяць тому +1

    Mini did they do the test at the Mini factory they are rubbish still have serious timing issues

  • @lockonandfire
    @lockonandfire Місяць тому

    What are the individual sample sizes here? Averaged out, you'd be looking at just under 1000 respondents for each brand included in the survey, around 150 people for each model, but that isn't the actual ownership distribution. How many respondents had a Tesla? How many had a Model Y? Is that more or less respondents than had a Porsche 718? This is pretty basic stuff to include, and not having it renders the entire work largely pointless.

  • @Michael-4
    @Michael-4 Місяць тому +1

    Give that NEW Mini a few years. It will be one of the worst.

  • @schrulnz
    @schrulnz Місяць тому +8

    A video about electric-only cars would be nice (since that's what we are going to buy from now on - who want's a ICE car anyways?)

    • @Mgoblagulkablong
      @Mgoblagulkablong Місяць тому

      you are literally insane, a cultist
      FACT: in the UK 18% of new car sales are EVs - 82% are NOT EVs
      in most other countries EVs sell even worse
      despite huge subsidies
      So the real question is "Who wants an EV anyways?"

    • @crm114.
      @crm114. Місяць тому

      @@MgoblagulkablongLoads of people want EVs and the cheaper EV models are only beginning to arrive

    • @samuxan
      @samuxan Місяць тому +2

      @@crm114. I'd like that. or even split the electric, hybrid and ice version of certain models, that's quite important since they can make a huge difference. I have a friend who works in leasing and tells me that the worst car is the new corsa because of the puretech engine but at the same time the most reliable car they offer is also the corsa , but the full electric version. Since this survey put both models in the same bag it probably ha an average score

  • @clivehatwood4517
    @clivehatwood4517 Місяць тому +2

    180h A class was the worst car I ever owned and sold after 6 months. Terrible build quality and a camera that that clunked every time you hit 20mph. A characteristic apparently- joke!

  • @AbandonEarth911
    @AbandonEarth911 Місяць тому +2

    Suzuki.

  • @MrFlazz99
    @MrFlazz99 Місяць тому

    I'm not surprised that the Picanto and Aygo feature highly (not to mention the Porsches) - these are cars that will typically never cover great mileage and hence be less likely to suffer problems. If there were a score for faults weighted by mileage, I suspect the results might change, although Toyota and Kia would probably still do well. BMW 3-litre diesels have tended to do well on such analysis (but less so their smaller diesels), as I understand, but then you come up against their relative exclusivity, something that the Porsche models hit even harder.
    What it comes down is quite subjective analysis.
    If I were to ask myself which cars on this list I'd be likely to consider (if I were in the market for anything so new), then the BMW 1-series might scrape in, but only as long as it came with the 3-litre diesel. No hybrids and definitely no petrol - so it's a terrible shame that political regulatory compliance has rendered diesel engines unviable for small cars nowadays. The day I give up on wanting to actually go anywhere - that will be the day when I don't want a diesel and will put up with the lesser efficiency of petrol. Sadly, I'd have to remortgage my house (or raid my pension savings) for a BMW. Modern cars have too many gadgets that will go wrong, so I pray that the day I have to consider a 2019+ car is a long way away.
    The results here aren't a shock, anyway.

  • @forevered4270
    @forevered4270 Місяць тому +1

    These reliability surveys are a load of bollox what car jd power and car wow who use data from a car warranty company differ wildly in which are the most reliable ones.

  • @princenemesis
    @princenemesis Місяць тому

    Based on how many people voting on each?

  • @Kirmo13
    @Kirmo13 Місяць тому +1

    I was waiting for this one!

  • @henryviiifake8244
    @henryviiifake8244 Місяць тому

    How the hell is Mini so much more reliable than its parent company (BMW)?!
    Colour me surprised! 😂

  • @odeseusX
    @odeseusX Місяць тому

    Useless survey, 5 years is not a good time period

  • @powpow514
    @powpow514 25 днів тому

    Dacia?

  • @hughventer2934
    @hughventer2934 Місяць тому +3

    I'm disregarding this, there now way anything from BMW group is more reliable than something from Toyota and Lexus

  • @dawitmehari7865
    @dawitmehari7865 Місяць тому

    Source trust me bro😂😂😂
    and this channel loves korean cars and they didnt put them in number 1😂😂 😂😂😂

  • @friskyguy00
    @friskyguy00 7 днів тому +1

    lol, Minicooper aka BMW is the number 1 reliable car ?? HAHAHAHAHA

  • @sef_halabi
    @sef_halabi Місяць тому

    Sponsored by bmw and mini

  • @kinansleiman1060
    @kinansleiman1060 Місяць тому

    BMW is the best

  • @danielm8106
    @danielm8106 Місяць тому

    Probably you got fat envelope from mini 😂😂😂

  • @xander1756
    @xander1756 Місяць тому

    If it's mass-produced, and made after 2000, it will contain many low quality parts, including potential design flaws, which has risen since 2000.
    Rule of thumb for me, if a car has plastic headlights, it's a low quality build and will cost you as you reach the 100thou mark.

  • @Pajarunning
    @Pajarunning Місяць тому

    Little unfair Tesla Y should be the winner, because it was the best selling car 2024 , not like some that sold only a few 🚙….

  • @theanswer1993
    @theanswer1993 Місяць тому +11

    Tesla #6? Well I guess the people who get burned alive in the car because the doors didn't open weren't able to participate in this survey.

    • @spsmith45
      @spsmith45 Місяць тому +9

      Ridiculous comment.

    • @1stcarltoncummins
      @1stcarltoncummins Місяць тому

      Please share the article on this.. I hadn't heard of such

    • @crm114.
      @crm114. Місяць тому +2

      Do you want to discuss the 100,000 ICE car fires in the UK each year or the fact that EVs are 20x less likely to catch fire than ICE vehicles.

    • @Mgoblagulkablong
      @Mgoblagulkablong Місяць тому

      communist propagandist

    • @badbasic
      @badbasic Місяць тому

      Or that the fire, while horrible and hard to put out, starts way slower than a gasoline one. Thermal runaway usually takes up to 20 minutes to get to dangerous levels, which is enough time to evacuate.
      Plus you have the LFP batteries that are virtually impossible to ignite..
      But none of that is about the topic at hand, which is reliability. I suspect the new Model 3 will also be up there in a few years. Such a shame that Elon has got mixed up with politics, as well as some stupid choices they made(no indicator stalks, why Tesla, why) cause those 2 cheaper models (the Y and the 3) are great vehicles.

  • @alan9758
    @alan9758 Місяць тому +1

    no the mini is awesome
    sold my lexuses for them lexus let me down all 7 cars now gone

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  • @KnowTheNewOfficial
    @KnowTheNewOfficial Місяць тому +4

    Only diesel engine cars are super reliable 👉💯
    And still the best quality diesel engine car manufacturer in the world is japanese Mazda 👉💯
    Mazda is legendary, classic and modern ❤

    • @kof-fie
      @kof-fie Місяць тому +3

      Mazda diesel 😂 don’t buy!!

    • @KnowTheNewOfficial
      @KnowTheNewOfficial Місяць тому +2

      @kof-fie I have 12 years plus experiences about Mazda diesel engine quality and reliability so stop trying to make people fools 👉
      1.5, 2.2 and 3.3 diesel engines are available in Mazda engine options all are super reliable

    • @rc666
      @rc666 Місяць тому

      far from....

    • @norwegianzound
      @norwegianzound Місяць тому

      The Mazda 6 diesel engine from 2012 is notorious.

    • @norwegianzound
      @norwegianzound Місяць тому

      ​@@KnowTheNewOfficial The 2.2 is junk. Very unreliable.