The most aggressive evaluation of the German cars were subjected to in Britain. The annual study, the magazine for consumers «Which?» Almost all the country's leading automakers, including Mercedes and BMW, took up positions below those that had previously slope on the reliability of the «best» to «medium» or «bad». At the publication of the cartoon depicted «Volkswagen» stopped, «Audi» roll down a «Daimler Chrysler» unfolding in the opposite direction.

«The German manufacturers are faced with the problem of reliability, they are not the ones that were earlier», - the magazine concludes. Experts examined nearly 33 000 cars in 1995 ... 2003, the share of output and reliability at «better», «good», «middle» and «bad». «Since 2001, all« Mercedes »have become all too often break and have a different problem, but BMW is already the fourth year in the category of medium-quality manufacturing machines», - noted «Which?».

Most got «Volkswagen». Popular among us and in many countries, Golf and Passat hit this year at all stations in the «bad» on the reliability of manufacturing machines. Publications ironiziruyut and outplay each on its mood, one of the most famous advertising slogans of the company: «If everything in life was as reliable as« Volkswagen ».

VW no longer corresponds to its slogan, and it bore the slogan of the order buyers - notice the magazine «Which?». - Mark with high reliability in 2000 skolznula of «average» in the 2002-meters, and has become and is «bad». U VW highest ranking issues among the vehicles manufactured since 1998 and he has never won in the category «Best Buy», except in the Polo model in 2001-m. The value of «Phaeton» (limousine business class), above 68 000 pounds ($ 112,800), and SUV Touareg - more than 50 000 pounds ($ 82,950).

Lease the position, according to experts, and other brands of VW - Audi, Seat and Skoda, are also in the middle of the reliability of machines. Particularly «low fell» Audi TT. «One in four chance that it will not let an electrician - notes« Which? », - For the sports car is indecently».

The most powerful breakthrough in improving the reliability of their cars in recent years, according to experts, has made Ford. His model in 1998 ... 2000, had low reliability, but they are now in the camp of «good». Dramatically raised the quality of cars Mazda. But other brands of «Ford», notably Volvo and Jaguar, hampered by the overall success.

Reliability fordovskih machines and noted in Germany. German Automobile Club ADAC recognized the new «Fiesta» the most reliable car in the class small car (statistics on which the club is based and impressive: last year its mechanics went on a call in distress car 3.5 million times). It is in a class of young Germans are at the Volkswagen Polo and Seat Arosa. A very unreliable ADAC called Bohemian, French and Italian bantam, and the first among them Skoda Felicia.

In the lower middle class (class C) leading position in Germany to take the reliability of the Japanese model of Toyota Corolla, Honda Civic, Mazda 323, Toyota RAV-4, Nissan Almera. But in business class German experts give leadership to their cars - Audi A6, BMW 5-Series and Mercedes E-Class, to name the most unreliable model Volvo S70. At the same time, experts note the very low level of «family cars»: indicators of reliability are at the level of outsiders in other classes of cars (the worst result of the Renault Espace - 43 breakdowns per thousand vehicles).

No less impressive spurt than «Ford», made the Korean Hyundai. Experts remind that it was the first among the automakers has proposed a five-year warranty on their vehicles, «not lime, but the present». The most reliable in this year's cumulative performance in all classes of cars recognized by Nissan.

Regarding only placed on the conveyor models, the comments of experts of European automakers association, on average, one out of 20 cars broken at least once during the year. Therefore, you need to choose among the new products with even greater bias. «Trouble» most of them - generators, immobilizers and parts of engines.

In general, leaders of security in Europe and the United States recognized Japanese cars Honda, Lexus, Mazda, Nissan, Toyota. Even the cheapest model they do not lead. Proportion «yaponok» in the European market this year is nearly 13% against 11 in the past (in the United States - 28%).

In the United States, according to the authoritative company JD Power & Associates, followed by «Japanese» leading European Porsche, BMW, and only after - their own cars. This first took the line of Lexus automobiles concern Toyota. Mercedes in the record J.D. Power at 27 th place. The worst results demonstrated Kia, Land Rover and Daewoo.