Japanese-made cars have for several years topped reliability polls for customer satisfaction in the
This time it's Mazda which has claimed the top place in one of the world's largest ever studies into car reliability. Almost 92 percent of the Mazda cars surveyed, aged between three and nine years old, suffered no mechanical failure of any type — outperforming all other brands.
The study, which was conducted by independent automotive warranty specialists, Warranty Direct, looked at the reliability of more than 450,000 vehicles, from 33 manufacturers, across the
Mazda was rated No. 1 with a failure rate of just 8.04 percent of all vehicles aged between three and nine years old.
At the opposite extreme, famous 4x4 brands Land Rover and Jeep scored 44.21 percent and 46.35 percent failure rates to fill the last two places in the survey.
"Mazda has been justifiably proud of both the build-quality and long-term reliability of its vehicles for many years," said Rob Lindley, managing director of Mazda Motors U.K.
"This new survey clearly endorses our own views and confirms that Mazda reliability is not just very good — it's the very best. To beat such global quality icon brands as
"Over the last decade, loyal buyers of the Mazda MX-5 sports car have become familiar with our renowned build quality. In 2002, Mazda kick-started the change in perception of its brand with the first Zoom-Zoom product — the hugely popular Mazda6 — adding style and excitement without any loss of quality or reliability.
"Over the past five years Mazda has grown sales in the
