Britain’s most reliable car is the Picanto, according to Which? magazine.

In it’s latest annual reliability survey – the result of reports from Which? members – and Kia’s oldest car, introduced in 2004, topped the list for reliability amongst cars up to three years old and was one of the Top Five in the four to eight years old category as well.

This rings true with owners who review their cars here with reliability being one of the most mentioned factors of Picanto ownership.

Achieving a reliability score of 98.1 per cent, the Kia Picanto beat off established rivals from Japanese and European brands to take this real-life reliability accolade.

Peter Vicary-Smith, Chief Executive, Which?, said; “You don’t expect a new car to go wrong – but our rigorous research shows there’s a big difference between the best and worst. Some small cars, particularly Korean and Japanese superminis, run like clockwork. Whereas some bigger cars, which you might expect to be more robust, aren’t all they’re cracked up to be.”