Reliability

What actually goes wrong, and to which cars

Forecourt scores 230 models for reliability from DVSA MOT outcomes — what was tested, what failed and why. Lexus UX leads the index at 96 out of 100. Every figure below comes from the same data behind each car's profile.

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Top of the index

The five most reliable cars in the catalogue

  1. 1Lexus UX96/100
  2. 2Toyota bZ4X96/100
  3. 3Aston Martin Vantage95/100
  4. 4Genesis GV7095/100
  5. 5Honda HR-V95/100

Scored out of 100 from DVSA MOT outcomes. Models whose score is shared across a whole body type are excluded rather than ranked on a placeholder.

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