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The Kia Picanto is Britain's most reliable new car says Which? Car. The UK's largest reliability survey* looked  at over 26,000 new cars, and found the least dependable was a 4x4, the Land Rover  Discovery 3.
The Kia Picanto is the most dependable car of 2010, clocking up very few faults and  earning a reliability score of 98.1%**. 
The Mazda3 is in second place with 97.6%. Its safety and performance are first class  too, making it a Which? Best Buy. A supermini, the Daihatsu Sirion, and the Honda  Insight, a petrol-electric hybrid, are equal third with 97%. (Top and bottom 10 cars  below).
'Japanese' name cars dominate, with seven cars in the top 10. Toyota retains its  excellent reliability rating overall in spite of its recall woes earlier this year.  Star performer is the iQ (5th, 96.1%) with very few cars suffering any problems at  all, while the Prius (7th, 95.4%) also proves to be highly dependable.
Bottom of the table is the Land Rover Discovery 3 (67.8%), the only car in the  survey to dip below 70%. The Land Rover Range Rover Sport (75.8%) also makes the  bottom 10, showing the company's rugged 4x4s aren't quite as tough as their image.
Other big car losers include the Hyundai Santa Fe (75.0%), which at least comes with  a decent five year warranty; Jaguar S-type (76%); Citroën C4 Grand Picasso (77.4%),  the least reliable people carrier; Volvo S80 (77.6%); and Ford S-Max (77.6%).
*Between December 2009 and March 2010, Which? Car received information from 64,467  Which? members about 66,699 cars up to eight years old, creating a comprehensive  whole-life picture. The data is split into two categories: 'new' cars aged up to  three years old, and 'older' cars aged between four and eight years old. There were  26,480 'new' cars and 40,219 'old' cars.
**Survey questions encompassed all aspects of motoring. Reliability is scrutinised  by splitting problems into three categories: breakdowns, faults and niggles, with  the highest priority given to breakdowns as these are the most inconvenient. Each  car's reliability score is based on this information.
Most reliable new cars                                     Least reliable new cars        
1 Kia Picanto                                98.1%        137 Volvo S80                                77.6%        
2 Mazda3                                97.6%        137 Ford S-Max                              77.6%        
3 Daihatsu Sirion                        97.0%        139 Citroën C4 Grand Picasso        77.4%        
3 Honda Insight                        97.0%        140 Ford Focus CC                        77.2%        
5 Honda Jazz                                96.2%        141 Jaguar S-type^                        76.0%        
6 Toyota iQ                                

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Which Rates KIA Picanto UK's Most Reliable Car was originally published by Honestjohn News Feed. Read the full story by clicking here.