ehsnils Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 Berlingske Business (Denmark) did order a survey of car reliability when it comes to safety-related problems with cars. The survey covered 250,000 cars. Notice that this is an European list. The top 5/bottom 5 are below: Modell/faults per 100 cars -Best cars, 4 years old: 1. Ford Focus/ 9,6 faults 2. Volvo V 50/ 13 faults 3. VW Fox/ 15 faults 4. Ford Focus C-Max/ 16,1 faults 5. Audi A 4 Avant/ 16,2 faults -Worst cars, 4 years old: 1. Renault Laguna/ 60,4 faults 2. Kia Carnival/ 60,2 faults 3. Renault Clio/ 58,6 faults 4. Citroen Xsara Picasso/ 55,1 faults 5. Chevrolet Nubira/ 50,2 faults -Best cars, 10 years old: 1. Toyota Yaris/33 faults 2. Toyota Corolla/ 45,1 faults 3. VW Bora/48,1 faults 4. VW Polo/51,8 faults 5. BMW 3-serie/ 52,9 faults -Worst cars, 10 years old: 1. Fiat Multipla/ 154,9 faults 2. Fiat Seicento/124,6 faults 3. Hyundai Elantra/ 120,4 faults 4. Alfa Romeo 156/ 114,6 faults 5. Fiat Punto/ 114 faults -Best cars, 12 years old: 1. Toyota Starlet/ 41,3 faults 2. Volvo 940/ 50 faults 3. Volvo V 70/ 52 faults 4. Toyota Picnic/ 56 faults 5. Skoda Octavia/ 62,2 faults -Worst cars, 12 years old: 1. Kia Sephia/ 211,4 faults 2. Ford Escort/ 175 faults 3. Hyundai Accent/ 158,6 faults 4. Suzuki Alto/ 151,5 faults 5. Fiat Punto/ 147,4 faults Links to the danish site for a more complete list: http://www.dinepenge.dk/bil/artikel/bedste-og-vaerste-brugte-biler-pa-4-ar http://www.dinepenge.dk/bil/artikel/bedste-og-vaerste-brugte-biler-pa-6-ar http://www.dinepenge.dk/bil/artikel/bedste-og-vaerste-brugte-biler-pa-8-ar http://www.dinepenge.dk/bil/artikel/bedste-og-vaerste-brugte-biler-pa-10-ar http://www.dinepenge.dk/bil/artikel/bedste-og-vaerste-brugte-biler-pa-12-ar Unfortunately Subaru wasn't on the list. But in general Subaru is comparable with Toyota in similar surveys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishbone Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 Unfortunately, Subaru is a niche market in Europe as it is in the US. Not enough marketing, poor fuel economy (Euros don't care if it's justified or not, numbers are numbers). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gire Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 I see Fiat all over that wall of shame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 I see Fiat all over that wall of shame. Just replace the word Fiat with Chrysler and you can see into the future of American motoring...... Gubment' Motors will race to meet them too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gire Posted July 19, 2009 Share Posted July 19, 2009 They want to bring Fiat to N America! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishbone Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 They can bring just about whatever they want. The question is, will the company make it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KartRacerBoy Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 I see Fiat all over that wall of shame. Take that back! I want my X1/9! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ehsnils Posted July 27, 2009 Author Share Posted July 27, 2009 Get one Fiat X1/9 and one Fiat Uno Turbo, move the engine from the Uno to the X1/9 and you will end up with a car that actually isn't bad! B.t.w. I did see that the EU now have approved that Fiat can buy Chrysler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Godawski Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 Chevy Nubira? I'm so sad we missed that one here... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edkwon Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 Chevy Nubira? I'm so sad we missed that one here... No we had that car under the Daewoo brand, almost all Chevy brand cars in Europe are rebadged Daewoos, most GM Europe cars are under the Vauxhall or Opel brands (and mostly better than the american cars). I drove a Euro spec Mk II Focus hatch in S Africa, fantastic car and honestly the interior makes the interiors of subarus look like crap, and Ford US cars definitely crap. http://www.caradisiac.com/media/images/le_mag/mag251/ford-focus-st-s1b.jpg Interior space is way bigger than the current gen Impreza hatch as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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