Audi, Volvo and GMC trucks specialist General Motors, have been listed by Consumer Reports in the list of 10 most reliable car brands, breaking the hegemony of Japanese brands.

Consumer Reports, the largest consumer organization in the world, said three Japanese brands (Lexus, Toyota and Acura) They were made with the first three positions in the ranking, prepared with responses from owners 1.1 million vehicles.

After these three German brands Audi, which won four seats on the list compared to last year was.

The four other brands complete the list of the 10 most reliable are Mazda, Infiniti, Honda and Subaru.

the SUV Subaru Forester 2014 was the model that scored highest in reliability of the survey.

Consumer Reports said that for more than a decade, the first seven positions in the list of reliability has been occupied by Japanese brands, which easily they exceeded European, American or South Koreans.

Last year Japanese brands took the top positions in the ranking of reliability, with only German Audi and South Korea Kia, within the list.

volvo, the Swedish brand now under Chinese control, also improved significantly over last year by winning 13 seats and placed as seventh most reliable brand.

GMC, specialized in producing trucks and SUVs from General Motors, is the only American brand in the list of the most reliable to take the ninth place. GMC last year ranked twelfth.

Ford, which in recent years has staged a spectacular recovery in sales and financial results, it was one of the brands most affected by Consumer Reports due to problems in its products.

According to the organization, "31 models of Ford on Consumer Reports survey, only one, the ‘pickup’ F-150 with 3.7L V6, was above the average".

In fact, "several EcoBoost V6 supercharged models are unreliable".

Not only engines EcoBoost they performed poorly. "He Ford C-Max Energi plug-in hybrid He obtained worst score and the hybrid C-Max regularly was not much better" in terms of predicted reliability.

Regarding Chrysler Group, Consumer Reports said "remains below" average with the exception of Chrysler 300C model. "Unfortunately, some of the most reliable models of Chrysler, Jeep Compass and the Patriot and the Jeep, did not get good results".

Consumer Reports said the most noted problem by consumers in all vehicles and brands was that of electronic systems incorporated in the models.