What are the best automobile manufacturers in the UK? The 2021 driver Power survey provided detailed responses from vehicle owners and we’ve analysed the data to find out how the UK’s biggest brands stack up.
Our driver Power survey has been updated to mark its 20th anniversary, and our brands section includes similar changes to the new-car results. That means more questions about tech, a new assessment for value for money, and even greater rigour when it comes to data processing. We’ve also included a percentage score based on the number of owners who said they’d had a problem with a specific maker’s cars.

Best automobiles to own: driver Power 2021 results

While the new-car survey pits individual models against each other and makes comparisons between different classes of car, we recognise that many buyers shop across segments. After all, showrooms are notoriously tempting places, and people typically drive away from a manufacturer’s dealership in a automobile with the same emblem on its bonnet, but that might be larger, smaller, faster or taller compared with the one they originally set out intending to buy.
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Our brands survey is therefore a terrific tool, because it can tell you which manufacturers are best equipped to offer you certain characteristics if you opt for a particular marque.