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Don't miss the Driver Power guide to the 100 best cars in Britain.

Driver Power 2010

May 2010

The start of a new Driver Power decade has arrived - and the results for 2010 will shake up the industry!

Our survey is the definitive poll on car reliability and satisfaction and celebrates its ninth birthday this year. It's completed by tens of thousands of drivers in the UK over the Christmas and New Year period, giving us just enough time to produce this report in the spring.

And what a 12 months it has been. The recession saw sales slump to record lows, and the Government stepped in with the Scrappage Scheme- so buyers have never had such a diverse choice.

Perhaps that's why an all-new winning car emerges from the ashes of the credit crunch. So read on to find out which maker is celebrating.

Each car is rated only on scores awarded by you- the people who take the wheel, pay the bills and put up with the drawbacks. And here is the full list of the Top 100 cars.

How are results calculated?
Our survey asks drivers to rate their car out of five in 10 key categories. An independent data processing company then crunches the numbers to provide the overall average scores.

Why doesn’t my car feature?
Not all models can be included, due to the sheer number of cars on UK roads. Plus, to ensure our results are reliable, we need a robust sample size of drivers of each vehicle.

The full results

1 HYUNDAI i30 91.16%
2 JAGUAR XF 90.88%
3 SKODA OCTAVIA (new) 90.60%
4 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF MkVI 90.29%
5 RENAULT MEGANE MkIII 89.89%
6 LAND ROVER DISCOVERY 3 89.82%
7 ROVER 75 89.66%
8 MERCEDES E-CLASS (old) 89.42%
9 TOYOTA PRIUS (old) 89.10%
10 JAGUAR S-TYPE 89.06%
11 HONDA JAZZ (new) 88.99%
12 MAZDA 6 (new) 88.65%
13 LAND ROVER FREELANDER 2 88.60%
14 MERCEDES C-CLASS (new) 88.16%
15 MG ZT 88.09%
16 HONDA ACCORD (MkVII) 88.05%
17 SKODA FABIA (new) 88.05%
18 SEAT LEON MkII 88.04%
19 AUDI TT/ROADSTER (new) 87.65%
20 FORD MONDEO (new) 87.55%
21 HONDA CR-V (new) 87.47%
22 BMW 5-SERIES (new) 87.35%
23 KIA CEE’D 87.25%
24 LEXUS IS (new) 87.01%
25 HONDA JAZZ (old) 87.01%
26 BMW 3-SERIES (new) 86.84%
27 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF MkV 86.64%
28 SUBARU IMPREZA MkII 86.59%
29 VOLVO V70 (old) 86.04%
30 CITROEN C4 PICASSO 85.98%
31 MERCEDES A-CLASS (new) 85.97%
32 AUDI A6 85.92%
33 AUDI A3 85.89%
34 MAZDA 6 (old) 85.85%
35 FORD FIESTA (new) 85.80%
36 SEAT ALTEA 85.79%
37 SAAB 9-5 85.77%
38 TOYOTA YARIS (new) 85.66%
39 AUDI A4 (new) 85.63%
40 BMW 5-SERIES (old) 85.51%
41 NISSAN QASHQAI 85.49%
42 JAGUAR X-TYPE 85.44%
43 HONDA CIVIC (new) 85.41%
44 MAZDA MX-5/RC (new) 85.41%
45 LEXUS IS (old) 85.20%
46 FORD S-MAX 85.13%
47 SKODA OCTAVIA (old) 85.07%
48 FIAT 500 84.90%
49 MINI ONE/COOPER/S (new) 84.79%
50 VOLVO S40/V50 84.76%

51 FORD FOCUS (new) 84.70%
52 VOLVO S60 84.70%
53 VOLKSWAGEN TOURAN 84.62%
54 RENAULT CLIO MkIII 84.55%
55 BMW 1-SERIES 84.51%
56 HONDA CR-V (old) 84.49%
57 HYUNDAI COUPE 84.42%
58 TOYOTA AVENSIS (old) 84.40%
59 NISSAN NOTE 84.21%
60 FIAT PANDA 84.03%
61 MAZDA 3 (old) 83.95%
62 ALFA ROMEO 159 83.94%
63 MERCEDES C-CLASS (old) 83.86%
64 TOYOTA YARIS (old) 83.83%
65 BMW 3-SERIES (old) 83.45%
66 FORD C-MAX 83.36%
67 HONDA CIVIC (old) 83.27%
68 TOYOTA COROLLA 83.21%
69 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT (new) 83.17%
70 SKODA FABIA (old) 83.13%
71 CITROEN C4 82.70%
72 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF MkIV 82.59%
73 SAAB 9-3 82.41%
74 FORD MONDEO (old) 82.41%
75 TOYOTA AURIS 82.39%
76 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT (old) 82.16%
77 ALFA ROMEO 156 81.79%
78 AUDI A4 (old) 81.77%
79 SUZUKI SWIFT 81.42%
80 RENAULT SCENIC/GRAND MkII 81.41%
81 PEUGEOT 207 81.30%
82 VAUXHALL ASTRA MkV 81.21%
83 CITROEN XSARA PICASSO 80.76%
84 VAUXHALL CORSA (new) 80.62%
85 VAUXHALL MERIVA 80.41%
86 MINI ONE/COOPER/S (old) 80.39%
87 VAUXHALL VECTRA MkIII 80.06%
88 FIAT GRANDE PUNTO 80.02%
89 FORD FOCUS (old) 79.80%
90 VAUXHALL ZAFIRA (new) 79.78%
91 RENAULT MEGANE MkII 79.58%
92 VAUXHALL ZAFIRA (old) 79.09%
93 RENAULT CLIO MkII 78.75%
94 RENAULT LAGUNA MkII 78.54%
95 VOLKSWAGEN POLO MkIV 78.24%
96 FORD FIESTA (old) 77.97%
97 FIAT PUNTO 76.89%
98 PEUGEOT 307 76.83%
99 VAUXHALL ASTRA MkIV 76.74%
100 VAUXHALL CORSA (old) 74.72%

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