{"id":283106,"date":"2018-11-09T18:00:57","date_gmt":"2018-11-09T16:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=283106"},"modified":"2018-11-09T15:52:08","modified_gmt":"2018-11-09T13:52:08","slug":"these-are-the-most-reliable-hatchbacks-suvs-and-bakkies-in-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/motoring\/283106\/these-are-the-most-reliable-hatchbacks-suvs-and-bakkies-in-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"These are the most reliable hatchbacks, SUVs, and bakkies in South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"

Market research firm Ipsos has released its Vehicle Quality Survey (VQS) for 2018.<\/p>\n

The VQS was conducted throughout South Africa in 2017, involving survey feedback from 7,000 owners of vehicles from 16 brands. The survey calculates a quality score based on customer\u2019s feedback at about three months after they\u2019ve purchased the vehicle.<\/p>\n

Scores reflect proportions of problems and issues reported by these customers and so the lower the score the better the quality.<\/p>\n

According to the results,\u00a0Toyota achieved 13 gold awards \u2013 seven for passenger cars and six for light commercial vehicles<\/span> (LCVs) \u2013 from 16 categories.<\/p>\n

Volkswagen was runner-up with eight golds in 2017 after collecting four in the 2016 survey.<\/p>\n

Other gold award winners in 2017, (with the 2016 score in parentheses) include: Audi, 5 (5); Isuzu, 3 (0); Honda, 3 (0); Nissan, 2 (8); Opel, 2 (1); and Ford, 2 (2).<\/p>\n

More than one gold award was awarded in some of the categories where two or more vehicles or manufacturers qualified by achieving the same scores.<\/p>\n

You can find the full list of Gold winners detailed below.<\/p>\n

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Best passenger cars<\/strong><\/p>\n

Toyota<\/strong><\/p>\n

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