Midland cars 'least reliable'.

JAGUAR and Land Rover received black marks in a yearly reliability survey compiled by What Car? magazine.

The Solihull 4x4 manufacturer emerged as least reliable along with Renault and Alfa Romeo.

And the Jaguar XK8 model (1996-2006) was third in the least reliable vehicle survey, with 62 faults.

The Alfa Romeo GTV (1996-2003) was top with 97 faults per 100 models, with the Renault Espace (1997-2002) second with 77 faults.

The survey, compiled in conjunction with the Warranty Direct com-pany, found British-built Japanese cars the most reliable.

Toyota Corolla models manufactured at Bur-naston, Derbyshire, from 2000 to 2002 topped the reliability league table.

The Corolla had just three faults per 100 models, while the second-placed car, the Swindon-built Honda CR-V (1997-2002), had just five faults.

Honda had six cars in the top 10, including the Swindon-built Accord (1999-2003) and the Swindon-built Civic (2001-05).

The survey involved analysing data from 26 manufacturers and included 133 different models.