Each car is given an overall satisfaction score out of 100. This is made up from:
Build quality (22%)
Craftsmanship (22%)
Driving experience (19%)
Ownership costs (17%)
Service received (20%)
56,000 owners of cars bearing 03, 53, 04 and 54 registrations are included.
Overall
1 Honda S2000
For the third year in the trot, screaming VTEC power wins
2 Honda Jazz
Honda's yin and yang at the top of the table. Sensible, but great
3 Skoda Octavia
Old-gen Octavia, a masterpiece of dependability
4 Skoda Fabia
No fluke for Skoda, the Fabia is cheap and charming
5 Lexus RX300
Pseudo-SUV is so solid, and perfectly sorted by dealers too
6 Lexus IS200/300
Owners of the old-style IS are still smiling about Lexus service
7 Skoda Superb
Stretched Passat ranks 67 places above the original
8 Fiat Panda
A long awaited return to tiny car form for Fiat. Ciao bambino!
9 Mazda MX-5
The one before the MX-5 grew up on us. Still did the business
10 Jaguar XK
All-aluminium XJ6 and 8 justify every penny of owners' outlay
12 Toyata Yaris
36 Nissan 350Z
40 BMW 3 Series
56 Audi A3
68 Lotus Elise
70 BMW 5 Series
73 Nissan Micra
80 Ford Mondeo
82 Alfa Romeo 147
88 Ford Focus
101 Saab 9-3
127 Vauxhall Astra
143 Renault Laguna
Last year's fourth from bottom car staggers up the table
144 Ford C-Max
Owners of Ford's other sports MAV say they're treated like dirt
145 Mercedes A-Class
Quite a claim: the old-shape A-Class is the UK's worst car to drive
146 Mercedes M-Class
Bottom placed two years ago, very nearly as miserable now
147 Peugeot 407
One of the newest cars in the survey falls at the first hurdle
148 Citroen C8
Near-identical twin MPV to the Peugeot 807, only just better
149 Renault Megane
A cute backside isn't enough distraction for the Megane's owners
150 Peugeot 307
No area of fit, finish or reliability ranks above awful for this heap
151 Renault Espace
As before, big MPVs like the Espace get the strongest kicking here
152 Peugeot 807
Falls down in every area. As satisfying as a dose of dysentery
Obviously, statistics aren't everything. To say that a Porsche 911 is less liable than a Skoda Octavia doesn't take into account the greater engineering complexity of the Porsche, that components tend to be under greater stress and there are simply more things to go wrong.
Still, the survey probably serves as an approximate guide.
http://www.topgear.com/content/carsurvey/2006/
Build quality (22%)
Craftsmanship (22%)
Driving experience (19%)
Ownership costs (17%)
Service received (20%)
56,000 owners of cars bearing 03, 53, 04 and 54 registrations are included.
Overall
1 Honda S2000
For the third year in the trot, screaming VTEC power wins
2 Honda Jazz
Honda's yin and yang at the top of the table. Sensible, but great
3 Skoda Octavia
Old-gen Octavia, a masterpiece of dependability
4 Skoda Fabia
No fluke for Skoda, the Fabia is cheap and charming
5 Lexus RX300
Pseudo-SUV is so solid, and perfectly sorted by dealers too
6 Lexus IS200/300
Owners of the old-style IS are still smiling about Lexus service
7 Skoda Superb
Stretched Passat ranks 67 places above the original
8 Fiat Panda
A long awaited return to tiny car form for Fiat. Ciao bambino!
9 Mazda MX-5
The one before the MX-5 grew up on us. Still did the business
10 Jaguar XK
All-aluminium XJ6 and 8 justify every penny of owners' outlay
12 Toyata Yaris
36 Nissan 350Z
40 BMW 3 Series
56 Audi A3
68 Lotus Elise
70 BMW 5 Series
73 Nissan Micra
80 Ford Mondeo
82 Alfa Romeo 147
88 Ford Focus
101 Saab 9-3
127 Vauxhall Astra
143 Renault Laguna
Last year's fourth from bottom car staggers up the table
144 Ford C-Max
Owners of Ford's other sports MAV say they're treated like dirt
145 Mercedes A-Class
Quite a claim: the old-shape A-Class is the UK's worst car to drive
146 Mercedes M-Class
Bottom placed two years ago, very nearly as miserable now
147 Peugeot 407
One of the newest cars in the survey falls at the first hurdle
148 Citroen C8
Near-identical twin MPV to the Peugeot 807, only just better
149 Renault Megane
A cute backside isn't enough distraction for the Megane's owners
150 Peugeot 307
No area of fit, finish or reliability ranks above awful for this heap
151 Renault Espace
As before, big MPVs like the Espace get the strongest kicking here
152 Peugeot 807
Falls down in every area. As satisfying as a dose of dysentery
Obviously, statistics aren't everything. To say that a Porsche 911 is less liable than a Skoda Octavia doesn't take into account the greater engineering complexity of the Porsche, that components tend to be under greater stress and there are simply more things to go wrong.
Still, the survey probably serves as an approximate guide.
http://www.topgear.com/content/carsurvey/2006/
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