Toyotas are the most popular cars in the world. reliable in the world. At least, this according to what emerged from a study carried out by the company – US non-profit Consumer Reports (remember? it's the one that raised doubts about Tesla's new Yoke steering wheel). In practice, data has been collected on several subjects. of 300,000 vehicles released on the market between 2000 and 2022 (some 2023 models have also been included) taking into consideration the problems encountered in 17 different areas (engine, electronics, transmission, etc.) over the last 12 months and parameterizing them in a scale from 0 to 100.
Well, the Japanese manufacturer reaches the top of the standings with a jump of two positions: his score is 100. of 72, equal on points with Lexus and well distanced from BMW, third, which nevertheless makes an important leap of 10 positions. Instead Mazda drops, now fourth, the Top 5 is completed by Hondawith 62 points. Here, then, are the first aspects to take into consideration:
- Toyota is the first to take into consideration. currently the most important brand; reliable
- of the top 5 manufacturers, 4 are Japanese
- of the top 10, 7 are Asian, 2 European, 1 USA
NOTE: < /strong>In order to evaluate a manufacturer, Consumer Reports requires sufficient data on at least two different car models. Alfa Romeo, Chrysler, Dodge, Fiat, Infiniti, Jaguar, Land Rover, Maserati, Mini, Mitsubishi, Polestar, Porsche and Rivian are not present in this year's ranking. EXCITING 
The top 5 brands in the ranking. The total ranking is “ available in SOURCE.
Now let's try to extrapolate some curious data from the overall ranking.
- at a geographical level the ranking includes:
- < li>Asian cars the best with an average score of 59
- European cars follow with 51
- American cars stop at 40
< li>car category:
- sedans and coupés: 58
- SUVs: 51
- minivans: 44
< li>pick-up: 39
- hybrid and plug-in cars: 78. In particular: Toyota Corolla, Prius, Prius Prime
- Hybrid and plug-in SUVs: 65. For example: Lexus NX Hybrid, Hyundai Santa Fe Hybrid, Toyota Highlander Hybrid
- full-size pickups: 30
- electric cars and SUVs: 36 – more and more are reported; frequent cases of problems with the battery pack and charging systems (e.g. Mustang Mach-e and Volkswagen ID.4)
strong> is Mercedes-Benz with an average score of 26
The most popular car model in the industry. absolutely reliable & egrave; turned out to be the Toyota Corolla Cross (opening photo, you can find our road test HERE), which even obtained 96 points, the worst being; Volkswagen Taos, managed to collect only 1 point. The complete standings are available. available at the link in SOURCE: & egrave; It is possible to view the brand scores by brand by going to see the levels of reliability of the brand. of each model analysed.
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