No car owner would knowingly choose an unreliable vehicle. For reasons of safety, value for money and simply trusting your car’s ability to get you from A to B without any hassle, reliability matters.

But what are the most reliable cars on our roads? With dozens of manufacturers jostling for position trying to sell hundreds of different models of car, that’s not an easy question to answer. Every car maker claims their vehicles are supremely reliable, for obvious reasons. And while there are plenty of independent studies carried out to assess reliability, they all seem to come out with different answers as to which marques breakdown the least .

Not very helpful for anyone trying to pick out a reliable new car purchase.

To help out, we’ve had a look at three of the most referred-to studies in the UK - the Reliability Index, the What Car? Reliability Survey and Car Buyer’s Driver Power survey - to pick out the names that are rated highest across all three. On that basis, here’s our perspective on the top three most reliable cars you can currently purchase in the UK.

Hyundai i Series

The Hyundai i Series spans a broad range of hatchback types and budgets, from small city runarounds to sporty sedan-type designs. But one thing they all have in common is impressive ratings for reliability. Both the i10 and i20 make the current top 10 of the Reliability Index, at positions six and eight respectively. The i10 ranks fifth in the City and Small Car category of the latest What Car? Reliability Survey, with an overall reliability rating of 97.6%. The i30, meanwhile, appears in third place in the Family Car category with a similar rating of 97.7%. Overall, given how consistently all i Series models seem to perform across different surveys, we would have to conclude that these are currently the most reliable cars available in the UK.

Honda Jazz

The Honda Jazz outperforms both the Hyundai i10 and i20 in the What Car? City and Small Car category, achieving second place with an impressive 93.8% rating. If you want further confirmation of how trustworthy this popular small car is, look no further than the Reliability Index, where it again pips both the i10 and i20 with a fifth-placed ranking overall.

Volvo XC40

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There have been a lot of rumours doing the rounds that the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic would impact on Apple’s plans for launching a new iPhone this year. As far back as February, Apple was one of the high-profile victims of the disruption caused to manufacturing in China by the initial outbreak

With key Apple suppliers having to scale back production as China imposed a strict lockdown, it was thought that Apple’s usual iPhone development pathway would be thrown off course, and we might therefore not see a new model this year.

However, iPhone fans have now had some much more positive news. Analysts with an inside track on happenings at the tech giant have reported that Apple is planning to push ahead with its now traditional September launch event. With production of the next iPhone series now believed to be back on the right track, it is expected that at least two new handsets will be unveiled initially, with two more possibly to follow later in the year.

Scaling up choice

So what can we expect from the latest incarnation of the iconic iPhone? Going by Apple’s previous naming conventions, the smart money is on the new range being called the iPhone 12 - although Apple has thrown a couple of curve balls out in the past. It is expected there will be three or four main handsets - a ‘standard’ and Pro model, with the latter boasting souped-up specifications similar to the iPhone 11 Pro. Then there could be large-form versions of both types, so an iPhone 12 Max and iPhone 12 Max Pro.

In terms of design, the rumours are that Apple is looking to go back to the future by making the standard iPhone 12 more compact than recent models. A 5.4” screen, which would be a throwback to the time of the iPhone 4 and 5, has been suggested. But the understanding is that the iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Max would both feature a 6.1” screen, giving consumers a choice between a standard and high-spec model in what has become the default iPhone screen size of recent years. A 6.7” screen on the iPhone 12 Pro Max would complete the options.

It is most likely that Apple will stick with OLED touchscreens, its preferred choice for its flagship models since the iPhone X. It is possible that some or all of the iPhone 12 series handsets will feature a 120Hz refresh speed, an upgrade that would bring them in line with the Samsung Galaxy S20 in delivering a faster, smoother experience.

The other main topic of conversation around the iPhone 12 series is whether or not it will support 5G. With Samsung launching the 5G-ready Galaxy S20 already, and other high-end 5G phones from the likes of OnePlus and LG available, it is hard to see how Apple can overlook 5G compatibility for another year. There is a possibility that it might make all four new models available in 4G and 5G versions, which would make it the biggest iPhone launch ever in terms of number of devices.

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