Civic pride for Honda

Nov 9 2009 Maurice Glover

HONDA and BMW have swept the board in Britain's biggest survey of car reliability.

Carried out amongst major contract hire and leasing companies, operating over a million vehicles betwween them, the Fleet News survey placed the Honda Civic in the top spot, followed by the Jazz in third and Accord in fourth place. BMW was second and fifth with the 3 Series and 5 Series respectively.

The Ford Transit was named most reliable van, with its Transit Connect sister model third in the survey, which covered 840,000 cars and 183,000 light commercial vehicles.

Said Fleet News editor Stephen Briers: 'This survey is based on feedback from those who really know about the reliability of vehicles - people who run vehicles over many hundreds of thousands of miles.'

Top 10 most reliable cars

1. Honda Civic

2. BMW 3 Series

3. Honda Jazz

4. Honda Accord

5. BMW 5 Series

6. Audi A4

7. Mercedes Benz C-Class

8. Mini

9. Toyota Avensis

10. Volkswagen Golf

Most reliable vans

1. Ford Transit

2. Vauxhall Astravan

3. Ford Transit Connect

4. Mercedes-Benz Sprinter

5. Volkswagen Transporter