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MOST RELIABLE CARSToyota and Mazda are the most reliable cars - TUV Report 2011
TÜVs (Technischer Überwachungs-Verein), short for Technical Inspection Association in English, is a German quality and safety approval body. For ease of typing on a standard UK keyboard, I am ignoring the umlaut German vowels. In Germany, all registered vehicles must go through regular vehicle inspection to assess their road worthiness. Else the vehicle cannot be insured. It is not exactly similar to UK's MOT, or Singapore's LTA inspection, and certainly not like our Puspakom, in a sense that it is a lot more strict. It shares more similarity to Japan's Shaken inspection, which is probably among the most strict AND costly compulsory vehicle inspection. Depending on the vehicle age, German vehicle inspection intervals vary between 2 to 3 years. TUV, along with DEKRA are among the main bodies authorised by the German goverment to carry out vehicle inspections. It is so strict that minor rust spots are sufficient grounds to fail an inspection.
Each year, in partnership with Autobild, Germany's most influential automotive publication, TUV releases an annual TUV Report which shows results of average number of problems detected in any particular vehicle model of cars inspected by the body. It is by far one of the most reliable vehicle dependability data and is used as a main reference for German used car buyers.
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