The well-known German TÜV organisations are one of the leading testing, evaluation and certification organisations in the world. They have made reliability car survey for 2009.

The 2009 survey covers 201 vehicle models grouped into five different age categories, based on the number of serious safety problems identified by TUV specialists earlier this year.

These are the winners and losers of the 2009 TUV reliability ranking:

1. Toyota Corolla Verso (2%)
2. Mazda2 (2.1%)
3. Porsche 911 tied with Ford Fusion (2.2%)
5. Mazda3 tied with Ford Fiesta (2.7%)
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112. Renault Espace tied with Fiat Stilo (10.1%)
114. Peugeot 407 (11.2%)
115. Chrysler PT Cruiser tied with Seat Arosa (11.5%)
117. Kia Carnival (26.1%)

1. Porsche Boxster (3.6%)
2. Porsche 911 (3.6%)
3. Subaru Forester (3.7%)
4. Honda Jazz (3.9%)
5. Audi A8 (4.3%)
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105. Renault Kangoo (17%)
106. Peugeot 106 (17.1%)
107. Chrysler PT Cruiser (18%)
108. Renault Laguna (19.3%)
109. Kia Carnival (29.3%)

1. Porsche 911 (4.5%)
2. Porsche Boxster (4.7%)
3. Subaru Forester (6.4%)
4. Toyota RAV4 (6.7%)
5. Mercedes SLK (6.8%)
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90. Fiat Stilo/Bravo/Brava (21.1%)
91. Renault Kangoo (22.2%)
92. Chrysler PT Cruiser (23.9%)
93. Renault Laguna (24.5%)
94. Kia Carnival (36.1%)

1. Porsche Boxster (5.2%)
2. Porsche 911 (5.3%)
3. Toyota RAV4 (6.7%)
4. Mercedes SLK (8.3%)
5. Mazda Demio (8.4%)
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83. Fiat Punto (24.9%)
84. Renault Twingo (25.5%)
85. Skoda Felicia (27.5%)
86. Ford Ka (28.7%)
87. Alfa Romeo 145/146 (30%)

1. Porsche 911 (5.6%)
2. Toyota RAV4 (9%)
3. Toyota Starlet (10%)
4. Mercedes SLK (11.7%)
5. BMW Z3 (15.2%)
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64. Seat Leon/Toledo tied with Skoda Felicia (30.3%)
66. Alfa Romeo 145/146 (31.8%)
67. Renault Twingo (32.6%)
68. Ford Ka (33.1%)