These are officially the least reliable cars – is your motor one of them?

PREMIUM carmaker BMW makes the least reliable motors, with 192 problems per 100 vehicles found by consumer insight firm J.D. Power.

The German manufacturer's cars range from £22,450 to a whopping £124,735-plus for its hybrid i8 Roadster supercar.

On the other end of the scale is Hyundai's cars that only incurred 78 problems per 100 sample.

The South Korean company sells cars for as little as £9,095 for its i10, which was named as the most dependable city car.

Fiat came under fire for being the second worst carmaker for reliability, closely followed by high-end brand Audi.

Mercedes-Benz produces the most dependable luxury motors with its E-Class named best in class, however, it still ranked 14th in the overall list of 24 manufacturers.

Other commendable cars include Volkswagen's Tiguan and the Skoda Yeti for the most reliable compact and small SUVs, respectively.

Czech brand Skoda also had the highest-ranked compact car with its Octavia, while the Vauxhall Insignia was named the most dependable midsize motor and Peugeot's 208 took the best small car title.

Meanwhile, Suzuki and Kia are the second and third best manufacturers for reliable cars.

Now in its fourth year, the J.D. Power Vehicle Dependability Survey ranks cars based on problems experienced over the past 12 months by original owners after 12-36 months of purchase.

The categories measured include infotainment systems, engines and transmission, ventilation, and driving experience.

Josh Halliburton, Head of European Operations at J.D. Power, said: “Automotive systems are more complex than they’ve ever been.

"Premium brands, especially, are incorporating autonomous driving building blocks - adaptive cruise control, lane keep assist, automatic braking - into their models.

"It's imperative for manufacturers to address this issue in order to improve the level of consumer trust in the technology."