If you want to get a proper list of reliable cars its simple , talk to taxi drivers. They have to buy a car that will clock up more miles in a year than the average driver does in 3 or 4 years! It is their living and they cannot afford to have an unreliable car. Next time you are near a railway station etc check out what makes of cars are being used. My Wifes friends husband who does airport runs clocked up over 250,000 miles in his Skoda Octavia diesel estate with no major problems at all.