Car reliability rankings 2026 edition
Data updated: 2026-11-09 (week 46) · source: VDA / Transeksta, CC BY 4.0
Models in each age band ranked by first-attempt inspection pass rate – with n and confidence interval. Published yearly; published editions never change.
Cars aged 2–3 years
- 1 Volkswagen T-Roc 96.4% n = 866
- 2 Audi Q2 96.2% n = 105
- 3 SEAT Tarraco 95.3% n = 106
Cars aged 4–5 years
- 1 Volkswagen T-Roc 93.4% n = 740
- 2 Audi Q2 92.9% n = 126
- 3 Lexus UX 92.7% n = 219
Cars aged 6–7 years
- 1 Škoda Kodiaq 90.5% n = 898
- 2 Škoda Karoq 89.9% n = 237
- 3 Lexus NX 88.6% n = 1,245
Cars aged 8–9 years
- 1 Lexus NX 85.2% n = 824
- 2 Mercedes-Benz GLC 83.2% n = 339
- 3 Audi Q7 80.4% n = 2,167
Cars aged 10–11 years
- 1 Lexus NX 81.7% n = 191
- 2 Audi A7 77.4% n = 636
- 3 Mercedes-Benz GLA 76.4% n = 106
Cars aged 12+ years
- 1 Audi A7 73.0% n = 525
- 2 Porsche Panamera 70.2% n = 114
- 3 Mercedes-Benz Unimog 69.4% n = 121
How the ranking is built
Passenger cars of classes M1 and M1G only. A model is ranked when it has at least 100 main inspections in this age band. The measure is the first-attempt pass rate with its 95% confidence interval; no composite score and no hidden weights. Models with equal pass rates share a place. Methodology