You cannot publish figures based on a selection of cars insured by a company...........the sample of cars may not be representative of the cars on the road, the sample of owners insuring repairs may not be representative of car owners in general, the mileage covered may not be representative...........

an advert for a car repair insurer is about all that can be guaranteed as being true!

I'm prepared to believe in a grain of truth, principally because several of these surveys are published each year and all paint a similar picture - Japanese & Korean manufacturers towards the top, European and 'American' manufacturers towards the bottom.

That said, surprisingy good result for Fiat. Even more suprising compared to Alfa, who share so much engineering.

Not bad for VW, but far worse for Audi.

There should be no raised eyebrows at LR close to bottom though.

It's not exactly rocket science is it? If the manufacturer designs the thing properly in the first place, and quality controls the component makers properly to deliver quality stuff at the right price, it's going to be ok for much more time than it's not ok.

Instead of the cost accountants demanding that the components that you fit to the car that you are making are made out of cardboard and cheddar cheese to keep the price as low as possible and might just make it to the end of the 12 month warranty if you are lucky - you all know who you are don't you?