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Japanese cars are the best
Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17385761/
Japanese vehicle brands continue to rule the roost when it comes to car reliability, according to the latest annual survey from Consumer Reports... Toyota, Honda, Scion, Acura and Lexus took the top five places, in order, in the Consumer Reports list of the 36 most reliable car brands for 2007. Ford's Mercury brand was the highest-placed U.S. nameplate, ranking 10th, while General Motors' best-ranking brand was GMC, which came in at 14th on the list. Chrysler highest ranking was for its Dodge brand, which was placed 22nd on the list... The average 10-year-old Toyota or Honda has the same, or fewer, problems than a 4 or 5-year-old car from any of the U.S. automakers, or Volkswagen, he said... Mercedes-Benz, in particular, has seen its reliability ranking decline sharply - this year, the German luxury brand placed last in the reliability list of 36 automobile brands, its reliability level 123 percent below the average for the whole industry, said Paul. |
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Japanese cars are the best
and we should believe everything we read? jp ps pretty soon all that
will be left will be foreign but we'll have fast food jobs(no offense meant) On Mar 1, 8:54 am, Roger Blake > wrote: > In article . com>, wrote: > > Japanese vehicle brands continue to rule the roost when it comes to > > car reliability, according to the latest annual survey from Consumer > > Reports... > > Reading further than the above is pretty pointless as > Consumer Reports' credibility in the automotive arena > is highly questionable at best. (I don't think I've > ever owned a car that they particularly liked.) > > -- > Roger Blake > (Subtract 10 for email.) |
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On 3/1/07 7:54 AM, in article , "Roger Blake" > wrote: > In article . com>, > wrote: >> Japanese vehicle brands continue to rule the roost when it comes to >> car reliability, according to the latest annual survey from Consumer >> Reports... > > Reading further than the above is pretty pointless as > Consumer Reports' credibility in the automotive arena > is highly questionable at best. (I don't think I've > ever owned a car that they particularly liked.) If you've never owned a car that they liked, then how would you know? I have found their reliability ratings to be dead on with every car I have owned in the past 20 years, both good and bad. |
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"blazerman" > wrote in message oups.com... > and we should believe everything we read? jp ps pretty soon all that > will be left will be foreign but we'll have fast food jobs(no offense > meant) Seriously, unless GM, Ford and Chrysler rise to the occasion, their condition will continue to deteriorate. And the workers stand to lose good jobs because of issues and attitudes largely beyond their control. I find GM's attitude particularly offensive. Whether the quality is THAT far different from the Asian producers, I cannot say. It is the perception that it is true that makes the Camry the best selling sedan in the USA, I think. |
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On Mar 1, 7:25 am, "
> wrote: > Source:http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17385761/ > > Japanese vehicle brands continue to rule the roost when it comes to > car reliability I have a 2004 Honda Accord Coupe with 59,000 miles. It has NOT been to the dealership, repairshop, etc for anything. Maybe because I do all of my own preventative maintenance, the dealership can't sabotage me! This car has been as reliable as a brick. bob z. |
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"E Meyer" > wrote in message ... > I have found their reliability ratings to be dead on with every car > I have > owned in the past 20 years, both good and bad. Depends what you mean by "dead-on." They gave Cressidas like one I owned high marks - mine was an unreliable piece of crap not fit to haul pigs. They gave the 1986 Sable I owned a good review but the little circles they like to show indicated it was unreliable. I only drove mine 140k miles and sold it to a friend who drove it almost another 100k before stuffing it into a tree - I suppose that makes it unreliable. They give the Nissan Frontier I bought last year a check mark, but it has been back to the dealer more times already than the last 3 Fords I owned combined. They don't recommend a Ford Mustang, but my son's has been perfect - no problems at all. They gush all over the 2007 RAV4, but I find my SO's new 2007 RAV4 to be merely OK - certainly nothing special - noisy at highway speed, mediocre gas mileage, strangely arranged controls, uncomfortable seats, but at least after 5 months it has been reliable (no better than my Son's Mustang though, despite costing $6k more). For non-car items, I find CR's recommendations to be almost 180 degrees opposite from my experiences. In his latter years, my Father put a great deal of faith in the CR recommendations. I can't think of one appliance he bought based on their recommendations that worked out well. Still I am a subscriber. I like to read other people's opinions, even if I don't find them credible all the time. But I never forget, CR is only printing their opinions. And the often touted auto survey is still just a poorly organized opinion survey. It is sort of like the Republicans surveying just Republicans and claiming that GWB's approval rating is rising..... Ed |
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"bob zee" > wrote in message oups.com... > On Mar 1, 7:25 am, " > > wrote: >> Source:http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17385761/ >> >> Japanese vehicle brands continue to rule the roost when it comes to >> car reliability > > > I have a 2004 Honda Accord Coupe with 59,000 miles. It has NOT been > to the dealership, repairshop, etc for anything. Maybe because I do > all of my own preventative maintenance, the dealership can't > sabotage > me! > > This car has been as reliable as a brick. And for some reason you think this is unusual? My parents have owned nothing but Fords for the last 50 years. They haven't taken one back to the dealer for a repair since 1980. In fact I can't remember one needing any sort of repair since 2000. The last repair I can recall was the power seat base on my Mother's 1992 Grand Marquis, and that was when the car was 7 years old after my Mom jammed an umbrella in the seat track. Ed |
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"C. E. White" > wrote in message news:45e6f402$1@kcnews01... > And for some reason you think this is unusual? My parents have owned > nothing but Fords for the last 50 years. They haven't taken one back > to the dealer for a repair since 1980. In fact I can't remember one > needing any sort of repair since 2000. My last Ford was in 1968. It was a piece of ****. I tried to buy a Thunderbird in 1990 (based on looks and presumption of quality, ride,etc) but after test driving a half dozen of them, came to the conclusion they were all pieces of ****. No more Fords for me, in the foreseeable future. I have had worse luck with GM than with Fords, but at least they sit and drive nicely, between failures. |
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