Toyota has bagged ten gold awards in the latest vehicle quality survey conducted in South Africa by Ipsos.

The recently-announced results are derived from a detailed survey conducted in 2016 and involving more than 7 000 owners of vehicles from 17 brands.

Toyota collected ten gold awards in the various categories, compared to eight for Nissan, six for Volkswagen, five for Audi, two for Ford and one each for Opel and Renault.

According to the international market research company more than one gold award was made in some of the categories where two or more vehicles or brands both qualified and could not be separated for the gold award in terms of the number of problems reported per 100 vehicles (PP100).

Audi, Volkswagen, and Toyota each collected four gold awards in the Passenger Car category, with Nissan taking three and Ford bagging two.

Toyota’s golds came in the Small Hatch (Yaris), Small Sedan (Corolla Quest), Multi-Purpose Vehicle (Avanza) and Local Passenger Car Manufacturing Plant (tied with Volkswagen).

Nissan dominates the LCV category

Nissan scooped the most awards in the Light Commercial Vehicle category, with five gold awards for the Three-Quarter Ton Pickup (NP200), Petrol Double Cab (Hardbody), Diesel Double Cab (Navara), One Ton Single Cab Brand (tied with Toyota), One Ton Double Cab Brand (tied with Volkswagen).

Toyota collected four gold awards for Petrol Single Cab (Hilux), Diesel Single Cab (Hilux), One-Ton Single Cab LCV Brand (tied with Nissan) and Best Local LCV Manufacturing Plant.

The only other brand to collect gold awards in the LCV category was Volkswagen, for Overall Light Commercial Vehicle Brand and One Ton Double Cab Brand (tied with Nissan).

Patrick Busschau, Ipsos Automotive Business Unit Director commended all brands: “All of the participating brands must be congratulated for their efforts in delivering an ever-improving level of product quality and constantly striving to provide a better ownership experience to the South African motoring public.”