Germans Published Fresh Car Reliability Ranking en

The new TUV reliability ranking 2021 is based on the inspection of 8.8 million vehicles. According to the German Technical Inspection Association, compared to last year’s report, the share of significant defects decreased by 1.6% (to 19.9%).

Experts divided the cars by age and also made a breakdown of the most reliable and the least reliable models.

The most reliable cars up to 3 years old

1. Mercedes-Benz GLC
2. Mercedes-Benz B
3. Opel Insignia
4. Porsche 911
5. Mercedes-Benz SLC
6. Audi Q2
7. Hyundai i30
8. Mercedes-Benz A
9. Mazda CX-3
10. Mercedes-Benz C

Which cars up to 3 years old often break down

1. Renault/Dacia Duster
2. Dacia Lodgy
3. Fiat Punto
4. Ford Galaxy
5. Dacia Logan
6. Dacia Dokker
7. Renault Kangoo
8. Ford S-Max
9. Ford Mondeo
10. Citroën C4 Cactus

TOP-10 most reliable cars up to 5 years

1. Porsche 911
2. Opel Karl
3. Porsche Macan
4. Mercedes-Benz GLE
5. Mercedes-Benz SLC
6. VW Golf Sportsvan
7. Mazda 2
8. Mercedes-Benz B
9. Audi Q5
10. Mercedes-Benz A
11. Mercedes-Benz GLK

The least reliable cars up to 5 years

1. VW Sharan
2. VW Passat CC
3. Dacia Logan
4. Dacia Lodgy
5. SEAT Alhambra
6. Dacia Dokker
7. Dacia Duster
8. Ford Ka
9. Dacia Sandero
10. Renault Kangoo

Reliability ranking of cars up to 7 years

1. Porsche 911
2. Audi TT
3. Mercedes-Benz B
4. Toyota Auris
5. VW Touareg
6. Mercedes-Benz A
7. Porsche Cayenne
8. Mercedes-Benz SLK
9. Audi A3
10. Audi Q5

TUV ranking of the least reliable cars up to 7 years

1. Dacia Logan
2. Renault Kangoo
3. Dacia Lodgy
4. VW Passat CC
5. VW Sharan
6. Fiat Punto
7. Dacia Duster
8. VW Passat
9. Ford Galaxy
10. SEAT Alhambra

The most reliable used cars up to 9 years

1. Porsche 911
2. Mercedes-Benz SLK
3. Audi TT
4. Mitsubishi ASX
5. Audi Q5
6. BMW X1
7. Audi A6/A7
8. Mercedes-Benz GLK
9. VW Golf Plus
10. VW Touareg

Unreliable cars up to 9 years

1. Dacia Logan
2. Renault Kangoo
3. Dacia Sandero
4. Renault Twingo
5. Fiat Panda
6. Kia Picanto
7. Renault Clio
8. Fiat Punto
9. Ford Galaxy
10. VW Passat CC

Reliable used cars up to 11 years

1. Porsche 911
2. Audi TT
3. Honda Jazz
4. BMW X1
5. VW Golf Plus
6. Mercedes-Benz E Coupe
7. VW Golf 6
8. Audi Q5
9. Mercedes-Benz GLK
10. Ford Fusion

The most reliable used cars up to 11 years

1. Renault Kangoo
2. Dacia Logan
3. Hyundai Tucson
4. Mazda 5
5. Nissan Qashqai
6. Citroën C4
7. Renault Twingo
8. Peugeot 207
9. VW Fox
10. Ford Galaxy