Fleet News FN50 Survey reveals most reliable cars and vans
Wednesday, November 9th, 2011The UK’s largest vehicle reliability survey has been conducted by Fleet News with the top FN50 vehicle leasing companies (by fleet size), who run in excess of 1.2 million cars and vans. This annual analysis asks the leasing companies to rank the best vehicles and manufacturers for reliability, with tables then created for a top 10 for cars and a top 5 for vans (see below).
German brands have dominated the results this year for both the car and van category, with the BMW 3 Series the most reliable car (and top car brand), the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter knocking the Ford Transit off the top spot for most reliable van, with Volkswagen leaping ahead of Ford overall, in the van reliability league table.
Fleet News Editor, Stephen Briers, said, “BMW has built on its position as most reliable car manufacturer supplying the UK’s largest contract hire companies, adding another attribute to low CO2 emissions, modest overall running costs and rewarding driver behaviour and making its cars more desirable to fleet operators”.
On vans, Stephen said,”Van reliability is arguably more important than car reliability as vital supply chains can be disrupted through unnecessary vehicle downtime. Volkswagen has demonstrated with its leading position as a van manufacturer, and high placing for its models, that fleet operators can choose its vehicles in confidence”
Most reliable cars according to top FN50 leasing companies
- BMW 3 Series
- Honda Accord
- Volkswagen Golf
- Audi A3
- Toyota Avensis
- Nissan Qashqai
- Volkswagen Passat
- Audi A4
- Mazda6
- BMW 5 Series
Most reliable car manufacturers
- BMW
- Audi
- Honda
- Volkswagen
- Toyota
- Nissan
- Mercedes-Benz
- Ford
- Lexus
- Skoda
Most reliable vans
- Mercedes-Benz Sprinter
- Ford Transit
- Volkswagen Caddy
- Ford Transit Connect
- Volkswagen Transporter
Most reliable van manufacturers
- Volkswagen
- Ford
- Mercedes-Benz
- Fiat
- Renault


