Driver Power Survey 2011

Posted by Lease Cars
14th April 2011 13:23

The Results of the 2011 Driver Power

23,000 drivers took part in Driver Power’s poll to help find out what is the most reliable and satisfying car on the UK market to own. On Wednesday the 13th of April 2011 the Driver Power results were released and below you can see some of the highlights of the poll including the UK’s best and worst cars and manufacturers, some of the most affordable / economical cars to run, some of the results have caused quite a shock.
The Driver Power survey has been running for ten years now and its one of the most reliable surveys around as each car that appears in the poll has been rated by the people who own, drive, pay the bills and put up with any drawbacks.

The car that came first in the Driver Power poll was the Skoda Superb Hatchback which has understated looks and loads of space, the Superb also has a tailgate which opens as either a saloon or a hatchback.

Top Ten Cars.

1 SKODA SUPERB NEW 92.06%
2 SKODA YETI 91.70%
3 JAGUAR XF 90.52%
4 SKODA OCTAVIA NEW 90.23%
5 NISSAN QASHQAI 89.91%
6 Vauxhall INSIGNIA 89.02%
7 MERCEDES E-CLASS MKIV 88.99%
8 MERCEDES E-CLASS MKIII 88.54%
9 HYUNDAI I30 (clean) 88.46%
10 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF MKVI 88.45%

Bottom Ten Cars

91 VOLKSWAGEN POLO MKIV 79.84%
92 CITROEN C4 OLD 79.74%
93 LAND ROVER FREELANDER OLD 78.58%
94 MINI ONE/COOPER/COOPER S OLD 78.09%
95 PEUGEOT 307 77.81%
96 FIAT PUNTO 77.35%
97 RENAULT CLIO MKII 77.16%
98 VAUXHALL CORSA OLD 77.03%
99 FIAT GRANDE PUNTO 76.90%
100 FORD KA OLD 76.38%

You won’t see any manufacturers at the top of the list who invest in just one model at the expense of all others in there line up, as only the cream of manufacturers have risen to the top of this chart. To achieve a high average score as a manufacturer, they must rate highly for all models in there line up then an average score is given out to give an overview of each manufacturer’s performance. Not only has the Skoda taken the overall winner with the Superb but it has also taken top spot for the manufacturers awards too.

Top Manufacturers

1 SKODA 89.01%     
2 LEXUS 87.07     
3 JAGUAR 86.86     
4 HYUNDAI 86.34     
5 PORSCHE 85.87     
6 SUBARU 85.52%     
7 AUDI 85.23%     
8 VOLVO 85.22%    
9 BMW 85.09%     
10 MERCEDES 85.09%  
11 NISSAN 85.06%    
12 HONDA 84.97% 
13 KIA 84.87%     
14 SEAT 84.63% 
15 VOLKSWAGEN 84.45%
16 TOYOTA 84.02%    
17 SAAB 83.89%
18 MAZDA 83.87%
19 CITOREN 82.81%
20 FORD 82.71%
21 MITSUBISHI 82.46%
22 CHRYSLER 82.36%
23 MINI 82.29%
24 RENAULT 82.18%
25 ALFA ROMEO 82.16%
26 LAND ROVER 82.04%
27 MG/ROVER 81.86%
28 JEEP 81.55%
29 VAUXHALL 81.45%
30 PEUGEOT 80.18%
31 SUZUKI 80.06%
32 FIAT 79.40%
33 SMART 78.95%
34 CHEVROLET 78.66%

When thinking about running costs most people will only think about fuel cost, but the Driver Power survey covers all areas to do with motoring over a twelve month period. As well as the initial purchase cost you need to think about depreciation, servicing, maintenance, tyres, road tax, insurance, and as mentioned before fuel.

Best for Running Costs

1 FIAT PANDA 89.25%
2 FIAT 500 89.14%
3 HONDA JAZZ NEW 88.82%
4 SKODA SUPERB NEW 88.05%
5 TOYOTA YARIS NEW 87.95%
6 SKODA OCTAVIA NEW 86.80%
7 VAUXHALL ASTRA MKVI 85.16%
8 NISSAN NOTE 84.86%
9 NISSAN MICRA MKIII 84.52%
10 KIA CEE'D 84.49%

Worst Running Costs

91 VOLVO S60 69.66%
92 MERCEDES C-CLASS MKII 69.37%
93 JAGUAR S-TYPE 68.74%
94 ALFA ROMEO 156 68.73%
95 BMW 3-SERIES MKIII 68.37%
96 SAAB 9-5 OLD 68.22%
97 MINI ONE/COOPER/COOPER S OLD 66.36%
98 ALFA ROMEO 159 65.54%
99 LAND ROVER FREELANDER OLD 63.03%
100 MAZDA RX-8 44.42%

Reliability measurement. If the car has had any sort of fault which has meant a trip back to your local dealer, this means the model will lose small marks. But if the fault was serious enough and resulted in a breakdown on the side of the road, this means the penalty will be higher resulting in a lower position.

Most Reliable Cars

1 MAZDA MX-5/RC MKIII 98.36%
2 HONDA JAZZ NEW 97.42%
3 HONDA JAZZ OLD 97.00%
4 SKODA YETI 96.34%
5 SKODA FABIA NEW 95.80%
6 TOYOTA COROLLA 95.74%
7 HYUNDAI COUPE 95.45%
8 HYUNDAI I30 (clean) 94.78%
9 VOLKSWAGEN SCIROCCO 94.72%
10 NISSAN QASHQAI 94.27%

Most Unreliable Cars

91 FIAT PUNTO 82.95%
92 SAAB  9-3 82.89%
93 RENAULT CLIO MKII 81.19%
94 RENAULT MEGANE MKII 80.31%
95 RENAULT SCENIC/GRAND SCENIC MKII 80.00%
96 PEUGEOT 307 79.52%
97 ALFA ROMEO 156 78.59%
98 MAZDA RX-8 77.40%
99 FIAT GRANDE PUNTO 77.31%
100 LAND ROVER FREELANDER OLD 76.67%

Performance is measured by how long it takes a car to go from 50 to 70mph this is often where acceleration is needed the most.

Best Performance

1 JAGUAR XF 94.87%
2 AUDI TT ROADSTER NEW 92.62%
3 JAGUAR S-TYPE 91.76%
4 SKODA OCTAVIA NEW 91.58%
5 MERCEDES E-CLASS MKIII 91.58%
6 SKODA SUPERB NEW 91.54%
7 SEAT LEON MKII 91.33%
8 MERCEDES E-CLASS MKIV 91.11%
9 MAZDA MX-5 RC MKIII 90.14%
10 BMW 3-SERIES MKIV 90.05%

Worst Performance

91 RENAULT SCENIC/GRAND SCENIC MKII 74.82%
92 RENAULT CLIO MKII 74.46%
93 PEUGEOT 307 74.46%
94 TOYOTA YARIS NEW 74.44%
95 FIAT GRANDE PUNTO 74.33%
96 FIAT PANDA 74.00%
97 FIAT PUNTO 72.58%
98 VOLKSWAGEN POLO MKIV 72.50%
99 VAUXHALL CORSA OLD 72.40%
100 FORD KA OLD 70.91%