by Agency J.D. Power has published its traditional quality rating. This time it explored the European market. The main criterion of the study is the number of problems per 100 cars. 
Malfunctions were divided into 8 categories: body, handling, options and displays, audio and multimedia, seats, climate, interior, and powertrain.
Overall, the quality level of cars improved compared to 2018. Although it’s noted that modern technologies are not always reliable. Premium brands especially suffer from this. The study also showed that hybrids and electric cars have more problems, but owners are more loyal to them and are willing to tolerate issues. The most reliable brand of 2019 according to J.D.
Power is Peugeot (77 problems per 100 cars), followed by Skoda and Hyundai. Interestingly, in the TOP-10 there is only one premium manufacturer – Volvo. The full J.D. Power rating looks like this:
