Many of you will have heard of Auto Express that provides reviews of cars and keeps its readers up to date with news from within the car industry. In fact, its magazine sells more per week than any of its competitors – it has in excess of 30,000 weekly subscribers.
With so many makes and models of cars on the roads these days, we are sure that you will agree that it can be difficult to decide which one to buy. Of course, everyone has different requirements and opinions when it comes to cars. A family car may appeal to someone that has a spouse and three young children in view of its size. A two-seater sports car may appeal to the young single executive.
Well, Auto Express has received car ratings from more than 61,000 drivers here in the UK with a view to identifying the top 200 cars to own in 2015 in order to produce their “Driver Power” survey. We are sure you will agree that is an awful lot of people to have taken part so it provides a meaningful assessment.
The following categories were rated by motorists about their cars: –
• Reliability
• Running Costs
• Practicality
• Build Quality
• Performance
• Ride Quality
• Seat Comfort
• In-Car Tech
• Road Handling
• Ease of Driving
So, without any further ado, let us have a look at the top ten “Best cars to own in 2015” together with their % rating: –
1. Lexus IS Mk1I1 93.96% (pictured above)
2. Skoda Yeti MkI 93.92%
3. Hyundai i10 MkII 93.59%
4. SEAT Leon MkIII 92.89%
5. Renault ZOE MkI 92.87%
6. Lexus NX MkI 92.58%
7. Jaguar XJ MkIV 92.46%
8. Nissan LEAF MkI 92.45%
9. MINI Hatch MkIII 92.27%
10. MG MG3 MkI 91.96%
The winning car – the Lexus IS, a premium brand vehicle, scored very well in all categories with the exception of practicality. It did best of all in: ease of driving, ride quality, reliability and build quality. In fact, Lexus models featured on 5 occasions in the top 20. Congratulations to them. It will be interesting to see if there is an increase in the sale of their range of vehicles.
The cars were also placed in classes i.e. family, sports and executive and the average ratings for each class are given below: –
I. Executive 88.73%
II. Off Road/SUV 87.94%
III. Compact Family 87.55%
IV. Family Car 87.54%
V. Compact Executive 87.39%
VI. Supermini 86.97%
VII. Sports Car 86.66%
VIII. MPV 86.47%
We trust that you have found the above to be informative and you can obtain further information about the survey at the following website; –
http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/best-cars/driver-power/91218/best-cars-to-own-in-2015
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