Quote Originally Posted by Mick P View Post
All I am really saying is that according to organisations such as Honest John, the Japanese brands have overtaken the German brands for overall reliability. Where there is some sort of fault, the Japanese will hold their hands up and implement a recall. The Germans don't seem to do this.

The final reality is nearly all brands are good cars and the quality is at an all time high, however I would trust a Japanese organisation more than I would a German and the £1700.00 quote is just one instance of this.
I thought that the assumption that German cars are more reliable was a product of marketing rather than actual facts, I think you will find that statistically Japanese cars are far more reliable, the German manufacturers have a habit of shooting themselves in both feet by releasing new models too early and then having to recall them.