“2023 TUV Ranking: Top and Bottom 4-5 Year Old Cars by Reliability”

With the dramatic increase in the price of new cars recently, more and more people are turning to the second-hand sector. For the money they would charge you today for a new subcompact with a low level of equipment, you can get a 4-5 year old higher end car with more extras. And with basic units that are still far from the end of their resource.

Kia Rio is the top ranked Korean car. For the first time, there are three representatives of both South Korea and France in the green zone

Ideally, this will be a car traded in by its first owner for a new one. But on the Bulgarian secondary market, you can very easily come across an accident victim written off by Western insurers, patched up and restored to a good appearance in some local garage service. If you avoid such a pitfall, a five-year-old car can be a very good compromise between price and convenience. However, each individual model and manufacturer has its own characteristics, as can be seen from the annual ranking of the German Technical Inspection Association (TUV). After we introduced you to the 2023 results for the 10-11-year-olds, 8-9-year-olds and 6-7-year-olds, now it’s the turn of the 4-5-year-old cars, that is, manufactured in 2017-2018.

The readings from the TUV reviews, although a useful guide, should not be blindly accepted. They reflect both the reliability of the car itself and the care of the owner, and yet they refer to machines driven on German roads, on German fuels, and serviced in German workshops.

The most reliable cars 4-5 years old (GALLERY):

With such new cars, the differences in the percentage of damage are not that great. Three Korean cars (Kia Rio, Hyundai i30, Hyundai i20) and three French ones (Renault Scenic, Renault Captur and, surprisingly against the background of previous years, Citroen C3) fall into the green zone for the first time.

IN THE GREEN ZONE: Mitsubishi Outlander – 6.3, Mercedes GLC – 6.4, Mercedes M/GLE – 6.5, VW Tiguan – 6.6, Suzuki Vitara – 6.7, Kia Rio – 6.7, Renault Scénic – 6.8 , Toyota Verso – 6.9, Mercedes C-Class – 7.0, Renault Captur – 7.0, Hyundai i30 – 7.1, Volvo S60/V60 – 7.2, VW Golf – 7.2, Mercedes E- Class – 7.5, Toyota Yaris – 7.6, Audi A6/A7 – 7.9, Toyota Auris – 7.9, Hyundai i20 – 7.9, Opel Insignia – 8.0, Nissan Qashqai – 8.0, Ford C-Max – 8.1, Citroen C3 – 8.2, Opel Astra – 8.3, Mazda CX-5 – 8.3

IN THE YELLOW ZONE: VW Polo – 8.4, Mini Countryman – 8.4, Ford Ecosport – 8.4, VW Touareg – 8.5, VW Touran – 8.6, BMW Series 5/6 – 8.6, Opel Zafira – 8, 6, Seat Leon – 8.6, VW Up – 8.6, Skoda Fabia – 8.7, Skoda Octavia – 8.8, Skoda Rapid – 8.8, Renault Kadjar – 8.9, BMW Series 1/2 – 8.9, Opel Meriva – 8.9, Peugeot 208 – 9.1, Ford B-Max – 9.1, Volvo XC60 – 9.2, Skoda Yeti – 9.2, Suzuki Swift – 9.2, Nissan Juke – 9.2

IN THE ORANGE ZONE: BMW X3/X4 – 9.3, Ford Kuga – 9.3, Skoda Superb – 9.4, Smart Fortwo – 9.4, Renault Megane – 9.5, Toyota Aygo – 9.5, Audi A4/A5 – 9 ,6, Kia Sportage – 9.6, Mazda 6 – 9.7, Honda Civic – 9.8, Peugeot 308 – 9.9, Opel Corsa – 9.9, VW Passat – 10.0, VW Caddy -10, 0, Hyundai Tucson – 10.0, Mazda 3 – 10.0, Peugeot 2008 – 10.0, Kia Ceed – 10.1, Seat Ibiza – 10.3, BMW Series 3/4 – 10.4, Ford Fiesta – 10.4, Fiat Panda – 10.6, Renault Zoe – 10.6

IN THE RED ZONE: Fiat 500 – 10,7, Ford Focus – 10,8, Renault Clio – 10,9, Ford Mondeo – 11,0, Ford Galaxy – 11,5, Ford S-Max – 11,9, Suzuki Jimny – 12,1, Nissan Micra – 12,8, Citroen Berlingo – 13,0, Dacia Sandero – 13,6, Mini Hatch – 13,9

The latest series of the first generation Dacia Duster is the model with the most reported problems in TUV inspections

At the bottom, instead of the usual mixture of Romanians and Italians, there are also quite a few representatives of Germany, and even one of Japan. Almost the entire Ford lineup is already in the red zone, and the inclusion of expensive BMW and Volkswagen models in the bottom 10 is downright shocking, despite their much higher average mileage.

LAST 10:
116. Fiat Tipo – 14.6 (60,000 km) 117. BMW X1 – 14.8 (64,000 km) 118. Dacia Logan – 15.1 (72,000 km) 119. Fiat Punto – 15.6 (50,000 km) 120. BMW X5/X6 – 15.9 (92,000 km) 121. Dacia Dokker – 16.1 (66,000 km) 122. Seat Alhambra – 16.6 (84,000 km) 123. BMW 2 Active Tourer – 16.7 (66,000 km) 124. VW Sharan – 17.1 (86,000 km) 125. Dacia Duster – 18.0 (63,000 km)