Consumer Reports Most Reliable Cars

Sections: Awards | R50 (Coupe) Nov 13th, 2006 10 Comments

In the sports/sporty car segment, the only European car to make the cut for most reliable is the 2006 MINI Cooper.

Also interesting:

Twenty of the “Least Reliable” vehicles are domestic models and just five, all from Nissan, are Japanese.

The difference between the “Most Reliable” and “Least Reliable” is striking, the magazine said, citing a comparison of the Toyota Highlander Hybrid and Mercedes-Benz M-class SUVs.

The owner of the M-class is likely to experience 10 times as many problems as the owner the Highlander Hybrid, the magazine said.

And here is the list:

Most reliable (Best score first)

Lexus SC

Toyota Camry Solara (4-cyl.)

Subaru Impreza WRX

Honda S2000

Mitsubishi Eclipse

2006 Mini Cooper hatchback

[ Most Reliable Cars ] CNN Money

Written By: DB

http://www.minicooperinfo.com Steve Stein

Is it Consumer Reports or CNN Money? I’m confused.

Steve
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But look at where the “turbo” charged S and ragtop show up!!
allenski

whoah….out of nowhere, a vote confidence for sure. I may have expected MINI to be high on the customer satisfaction list, but reliability…I think that’s great.
Kennedy

Once again, I ask myself… do I complain because I expect more, or do I complain because it broke? Did I not complain because I expected less, or did I not complain because it didn’t break?

BUT… I have to admit that I have expected more from my MINI, and I have complained more about things that I probably wouldn’t have complained about had it been a “lesser” car. And I don’t think I’m the only MINI owner that thinks that way (see 2005 speedometer clocks running fast).

All the more reason to give kudos to MINI for making the cut, considering that I believe that the average MINI owner is more typically critical of “little” issues with their car. It seems that MINI has been able to overcome the quality issues that were definitely apparent with the ’02 vehicles and even overcome the disadvantage of nit-picky customers (myself included) to make it onto this list. Way to go MINI!
JP

If you thumb through the pages you will find that VW manages to make the worst list, another good reason to purhcase a MINI.
http://miniac.blogspot.com/ Chrissy (aka lilcoopr)

“Only one European car, the Mini Cooper, made the “Most Reliable” list. Of the “Least Reliable” cars, 19 of the 45 are European models.”

Ohhhhhh yeahhhhhh! :D
Osmodious

First 8 weeks of ownership: 2004 MINI Cooper S – 5 problems, 3 trips to dealer, 1 problem actually resolved 2006 Acura TSX – 0 problems, 0 trips to dealer, 0 problems to resolve

But I still miss my MINI terribly…
FrankInMiami

2005 MCS 6-speed MT Hardtop

Build date: february 2005 Delivery date: March 2005 Current mileage: 19,500

0 problems, 0 unscheduled trips to the dealer and 0 problems to date
Mark Smith

2006 MCS 6-Speed MT Hardtop SB/S

Build Date: 1/22/2006 Delivery Date: April 2006 Current Mileage: 8,856

0 Problems, 0 Unscheduled Trips to Service, and 100% Awesome to date (My Second MCS. My ’03 Wasn’t too bad either.)!
Rocketboy

2002 MINI Cooper S. This year alone, $600+ – Supercharger valve stuck. Caused engine to dump into ‘limp mode’ if the passenger side of the car went thru even a small puddle before the engine warmed up. $1700+ (Dealer quote.) for a new exhaust system. Pipe near the converter is cracked, baffle in the muffler will not open. When I put as much money into my car as a nice downpayment, I’m a bit dissapointed.

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