Subaru completed first in Client Studies’ 2025 Auto Model Report Cardoutscoring heavy hitters like Toyota, Honda, Porsche — and BMW. On the floor, this appears to be like like an easy upset: a mainstream model taking the crown over luxurious producers. However there’s a second story inside the information, and BMW sits proper on the middle of it.
Whereas Subaru took the general No. 1 spot for the second 12 months in a row, BMW positioned second total and first amongst luxurious manufacturers. Client Studies blends road-test outcomes, reliability forecasts, proprietor satisfaction, and security information. BMW excelled in almost each measurable class, held again primarily by reliability charges that also lag behind Toyota and Subaru — although not by as a lot as prior to now.
Jake Fisher, Client Studies’ head of auto testing, put it plainly: “BMW has made very extremely fascinating fashions for years, and their reliability simply outshines all of their European rivals.”
For a premium automaker recognized for heavy tech integration, complicated drivetrains, and electronics-packed cabins, rating forward of Porsche, Mercedes-Benz, Lexus, and Audi is a superb achievement. It suggests BMW has managed so as to add know-how with out struggling the reliability penalties that usually include it.
Reliability Scores Inform the Break up
Toyota led the reliability rankings this 12 months, adopted by Subaru, Lexus, Honda, after which BMW. Porsche completed behind BMW total, Mercedes didn’t attain the highest ten, and Audi dropped ten spots all the way down to sixteenth.
This 12 months’s outcomes have been based mostly on 380,000 autos from 25 mannequin years. Just a few manufacturers stood out:
- Lincoln jumped 17 locations, changing into the top-ranked U.S. producer.
- Tesla reached the highest ten for the primary time, as a consequence of improved reliability from Mannequin 3 and Mannequin Y.
- Rivian ranked final in reliability, however first in proprietor satisfaction — 85% of homeowners stated they might purchase one once more.
- BMW posted a 71% buy-again fee, second solely to Rivian amongst main producers with full information.
The underside of the reliability record included Dodge, GMC, Land Rover, Rivian, and Jeep.
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