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FN50 Results

The FN50 survey conducted by Fleet News is the most comprehensive in terms of the number of vehicles involved, with more than a million cars run by leasing companies included in the survey each year.

Manufacturers and models are ranked according to the number of breakdowns recorded per 100 vehicles on the fleet.

It’s an excellent indicator of how popular fleet vehicles perform, but on the other hand can overlook some of the niche vehicles that appear on fleets in fewer numbers.

It is objective, simply measuring incidents where cars breakdown rather that evaluate expectations or satisfaction.

Honda and BMW were the top two most reliable manufacturers and were the only two carmakers occupying the top five places for cars: Honda made three of the top five most reliable cars and BMW the remaining two.

While Honda dominated the most reliable vehicle category, it was BMW who took the other highly-coveted title in this year’s FN50 reliability survey, after it was crowned most reliable car manufacturer for the second year in a row.

The two marques finished with equal ratings from Britain’s biggest leasing companies, but more companies nominated BMW as one of their most reliable brands, thus securing the manufacturer’s top place.

The top table of the most reliable manufacturers confirms the widely-held belief that it is the German and Japanese who make the most dependable vehicles.

Audi took third place, jumping from seventh last year, while Toyota was in fourth, leaving Volkswagen and Mercedes-Benz equalling last year’s fifth and sixth places respectively.

FN50 2009 Results - Most reliable car

1. Honda Civic
2. BMW 3 Series
3. Honda Jazz
4. Honda Accord
5. BMW 5 Series
6. Audi A4
7. Mercedes-Benz C-Class
8. Mini
9. Toyota Avensis
10. Volkswagen Golf