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Who makes the most reliable cars on the road? And whose products are likely to leave you stranded on the side of the road? The results are in from J.D. Power’s latest Vehicle Dependability Study, and Paul Eisenstein, Publisher of TheCarConnection.com, has the story.
Responses (82 total)
By Demetris | Posted: Oct 10th 2007, 05:21:49 AM
I can't believe some people are so biased against American automobiles. It's that mind set that could kill the American automotive industry and possibly take down the rest of America with it. So all ya'll that drive your little Hondas, Toyotas and other imports are basically killing a NATION whose keystone industry is slowly dying and seemingly no one cares.
PS: Over 50% of Toyota's vehicles sold in the U.S. are imported.
By Justin | Posted: Oct 6th 2007, 03:06:50 AM
Please stop saying Japs.... it's disrespectful.
By Howard W. | Posted: Oct 4th 2007, 03:07:03 PM
Wow! I never knew people were so passionate about what I consider the most boring segment of cards in the world.
When I am stuck behind someone putting along, it's usully a Camry or Accord.
Go buy a Porsche or Corvette and live a little--life is too short to drive boring cars.
By David Leigh | Posted: Oct 2nd 2007, 08:19:35 PM
Who ever heard of JD Power 15 yrs ago? How did they magically appear as experts? I take anything JDP says with many grains of salt. Consumers Digest is still around and still the joke it was when its first issue came. I'll take CR anytime. They thoroughly test all the vehicles before reporting on them and survey millions of subscribers before issuing their reliability ratings. Honda had tranny problems and extended the warranty to 7yrs/100k. Gm continues to use faulty ignition switches and poorly made brake components. Chrysler's lifetime warranty (original owner ONLY) is a joke. They can't (or won't) build a decent car transmission. Ask any mechanic about the 2.7 V6. Could be the worst motor ever made. GM and Ford make some damn good trucks. I'll stay away from their cars, thank you. My Accord 4cyl has all the power needed and will run hundreds of thousands of miles with simple maintenance. If you really want a a Cadillac wait 2 yrs and pay half price. Use the rest of the money to pay for you stay at the mental hospital.
By DMD34 | Posted: Sep 28th 2007, 04:54:37 PM
I find it pretty sad that when the popularity of Japanese cars was initially catching on in the 1970's the drive by media was touting the quality of these cars. The general public was extremely eager to trash American cars along with the media. The problem I am finding is that in the 70's the quality reports that were very few, at the time were very agianst the Big 3 and the general public with the media was just as vicious. Now the Big 3 are showing improvements that are impressive and many American car companies have been showing these improvements for many years now and the general public is not believing the results of these surveys because they are positive but if the results are negative, than the public drinks the negative kool-Aid without thinking twice about it. Perhaps the public needs to deal with a paradigm shift in their perception? Granted, it has taken a long time for Detroit to get things together. I still am not convinced they have evened the playing field but they are within a couple years of it, in my eyes. If they continue to make the quality gains and the vehicles they are presently making there is no question that the difference between the Japanese and American cars will be extremely small if at all tangible in any real sense.
I find it funny and sad at the same time, that it is obvious Buick/GM products are and have made SIGNIFICANT QUALITY GAINS yet the general public is so closed minded in thinking that American cars will always be a distant second, third or even fourth place to other regions of the world. Toyota and others make fine cars, I will not dispute that, but to think decade after decade that the Big 3 are incapable of making really nice cars that they do not have any quality as part of their appeal is completely ignorant to what is really going on in the auto industry. In reality, it shouldn't be a shock to anyone that Buick is on par to Lexus in any meaningful measure. Buick has always ranked higher than almost any other American brand to Lexus. GM/Buick have been making consistant quality strides in the Power surveys and Buick has been implementing many of these new manufacturing practices into the new Buick models that have been coming out of the factories the last few years. What you are seeing now is that these efforts Buick and GM have been taken up are starting to pay off big in the Power survey results.
By Edward | Posted: Sep 24th 2007, 01:48:06 PM
"IGB Says:
September 21st, 2007 at 1:08 pm
Can Thor be switched off?
He’s wearing out my scroll wheel while I try to get past his inane banter."
I have found all of Thor's posts informative and fact-based. Do you have ANYthing to contribute to this forum? Can you at least point out to ANYthing that he wrote that could qualify as "inane banter"?
By Uncle Sam | Posted: Sep 21st 2007, 06:23:01 PM
Why do so many of you people rave on an on, about the US car makers making inferior products--- and then say they should "act like the Japanese"?
Do you actually think the US car makers don't want better products?
Rubbish. They can't AFFORD (rhymes with Accord) to make anything much better than they do today. WHY?
The US is too costly of a place for the companies to produce. Ever read the stats on how much each GM car has as a loaded base "cost", directly tied to retiree or US medical costs?
Its "EASY" for the Japanese to build a premium car when they may have as much as 20% more to spend on quality parts, processes, and inspection.
Grow up and see the real "facts".
By IGB | Posted: Sep 21st 2007, 05:08:52 PM
Can Thor be switched off?
He's wearing out my scroll wheel while I try to get past his inane banter.
By Thor | Posted: Sep 20th 2007, 03:27:46 PM
Big 3 worst in LUXURY car and truck sales:
While it took until this summer for the big 3 to Ever go below 50% in total car and light truck sales, their fate in Luxury cars has been 100 times worse!
An article in yesterday's Financial TImes pointed out the horror story (for the domestics): Import share of luxury cars has been 77% (!) in 2001-2 and now is even bigger at 83%!
50 years ago, Lincoln and esp. Caddilac dominated this segment and it was exactly the opposite, THEY had 83% and the imports had the rest.
Will you keep whistling in the dark, and see this segment go 100% Import, OR do something about it?
(Such as, BUILD A SUPERIOR PRODUCT, Big 3???)
Luxury car buyers that shell out $50k and $100k each time they buy, do NOT tolerate mediocrity, much less irrelevant junk, when they can have the pick of the litter from the imports for every taste (MErcedeses, BMWs, Audis, And Lexuses-Infinities and Acuras. The first three have far better styling and performance and overall satisfaction, the next three are more reliable and less stylish. But both have trounced the domestic luxury makers big time!)
By Thor | Posted: Sep 20th 2007, 01:22:07 PM
" Artie Says:
September 18th, 2007 at 2:31 pm
Consumer Reports is highly biased listen they know washing machines not how to value subjective things like handling and exterior styling."
1. CR does NOT evaluate styling. THey do comment on handling mainly as it affects safety, since even non-enthusiasts care about that. Many people buy cars as if they were appliances, they want to take them from A to B safely and reliably, and CR tells them which cars can do that best.
2. I can PROVE why CR is obviously far more UNbiased than anything out there that ACCEPTS ADS by the Automakers. CR does NOT, hence can say what it wants, and if it is bad for the Germans or the domestics, the CONSUMER has the RIGHT TO KNOW before he or she spend their hard-earned $ on a car. You, on the other hand, have not ONE SHRED of proof of your slander that CR IS biased.
"They constantly knock American and European made cars even before driving them. "
THat is SUCH nonsense, I should be not wasting valuable time responding to it. CR BUYS their cars RETAIL, unlike the Entusiast Mags that get them FOR FREE from the makers. AND they DO TEST THEM THOROUHGLY before reporting. You don't have CLUE ONE, Stop propagating Lies. Are you one of these proud "jobs bank" UAW members that get 100% pay to do NOTHING (literally!)?
But here is an opportunity that I have grabbed. CR recommends AVOIDING the & series BMW, the magnificent flagship sedan, and as a consequence used BMW 7 series prices are dirt cheap. In Oct 05, I bought a 98 740iL, with extreme rear leg room, the long version, an awsome 4.4 lt 282HP, 300+lbft V8, for NOTHING ($10.5k fully fixed and detailed). I took a risk, and thought I'd drive the thing only on long highway trips, but now I drive it daily too. The CR prediction DID prove right, but that was in the Budget, I bought a $75k car for $10.5k, If I bought it new, the first year depreciation alone would be $15k, so I have plenty of cash left to pay for any repairs. So far, two years, only one major repair (replaced water pump, radiator and some belts and hoses) for a total of $1,400, very reasonable for such an expensive vehicle. And the Fuel econ is not good, 15 MPG in lively city driving and 22-25 in high speed highway driving. But my commute is only a couple miles, today I walked, will try to walk when I can.
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