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The good times for Hyundai keep on rolling: J.D. Power and Associates has given top marks in its Vehicle Launch Index to the 2009 Hyundai Genesis. The Index "quantifies how well new vehicle models -- including new entries to the market and all new redesigned models -- perform during the first eight months after launch." Among the many criteria that J.D. Power considers during the evaluation process are vehicle revenue, dealer gross profit, residual value, and data imported from the company's Initial Quality Study. In short, the Vehicle Launch Index offers a kind of holistic assessment of the vehicle, measuring how well it performs for the...

The good times for Hyundai keep on rolling: J.D. Power and Associates has given top marks in its Vehicle Launch Index to the 2009 Hyundai Genesis. The Index "quantifies how well new vehicle models -- including new entries to the market and all new redesigned models -- perform during the first eight months after launch." Among the many criteria that J.D. Power considers during the evaluation process are vehicle revenue, dealer gross profit, residual value, and data imported from the company's Initial Quality Study. In short, the Vehicle Launch Index offers a kind of holistic assessment of the vehicle, measuring how well it performs for the... Read More

Many of Volkswagen's new vehicles continue to be rated worse-than-average by Consumer Reports in reliability, below the industry average in J.D. Power's annual Initial Quality Survey (the latest just released last week), and near the bottom in post-sales service, as gauged by Power's latest annual Customer Service Index (CSI).

Yet, as the latest Total Quality Index from Strategic Vision suggests, Volkswagen owners are among the happiest with the ownership experience. VW placed at the top of the 2009 TQI rankings, along with Ford.

Across the various segments that Strategic Vision breaks models into, Volkswagen had the greatest number of...

Many of Volkswagen's new vehicles continue to be rated worse-than-average by Consumer Reports in reliability, below the industry average in J.D. Power's annual Initial Quality Survey (the latest just released last week), and near the bottom in post-sales service, as gauged by Power's latest annual Customer Service Index (CSI). Yet, as the latest Total Quality Index from Strategic Vision suggests, Volkswagen owners are among the happiest with the ownership experience. VW placed at the top of the 2009 TQI rankings, along with Ford. Across the various segments that Strategic Vision breaks models into, Volkswagen had the greatest number of... Read More

These have been tough times for Volkswagen of America. After a huge burst of growth during the 1990s, the automaker has struggled to reverse a sharp downturn during the first decade of the new millennium. To rebuild momentum, the automaker has been counting on an onslaught of new products, such as the compact Tiguan SUV, upgraded older models, noticeable improvements in quality, and a move to a new U.S. headquarters in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. Now, the automaker hopes to put in place another critical building block, opening its first U.S. assembly plant in a quarter century. The automaker is known to be narrowing down a list of... These have been tough times for Volkswagen of America. After a huge burst of growth during the 1990s, the automaker has struggled to reverse a sharp downturn during the first decade of the new millennium. To rebuild momentum, the automaker has been counting on an onslaught of new products, such as the compact Tiguan SUV, upgraded older models, noticeable improvements in quality, and a move to a new U.S. headquarters in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. Now, the automaker hopes to put in place another critical building block, opening its first U.S. assembly plant in a quarter century. The automaker is known to be narrowing down a list of... Read More