What about the Lexus shame its not on motability comes top in reliability as does some toyotas, Honda, and Mazda.I have had fiats a punto sporting dualogic which when under a 1.000 miles went into the dealer 3 times for engine management light when that was sorted i had over 17,000 miles trouble free and loved it, that was a motability car had my own suzuki 3 in the past no problems also an Abarth mta 595 no problems and now waiting for a mini 5 door dual clutch auto which is being built in sep so hope thats ok it has a bmw engine and gearbox.
It is interesting what a journo’s experience and an actual owners experience is. When you read through reviews and head-to-heads in motoring magazines, nine times out of ten the German car comes out on top. However, reading the recent Auto Express mag, they had the results from the Driver Power survey. Not one German brand in the top 20 best cars to own (you could argue that Skoda is a German brand though?). The top 20 is dominated by the Far East – as you say Toyota and a lot of Lexus (or Lexi if you’re a Digital Radio presenter from Norfolk). It would be interesting how many Lexus would sell if they were on the scheme? I’d certainly consider one despite not being a big fan of their styling.