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Buick ties Lexus for No. 1 in car reliability
Well alrighty then.......
Buick ties Lexus for No. 1 in car reliability Survey finds Detroit brands making headway against Japanese competitors. August 9 2007: 3:56 AM EDT NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- For the first time in 12 years, Toyota's Lexus luxury brand has to share its top rank in J.D. Power and Associates' annual Vehicle Dependability Study. And it has to share it with an American car. General Motors' Buick brand tied Lexus in the study, which measures the number of problems owners experience with their cars after three years of ownership. Following Lexus and Buick in the rankings were GM's Cadillac luxury brand, Ford's Mercury brand and Honda's Honda brand. Toyota's mass-market Toyota brand ranked sixth. "Consumers don't neccessarily need to pay premium prices to obtain high quality and dependability," said Neal Oddes, director of product research and analysis for J.D. Power and Associates. "With three non-premium nameplates - Buick, Honda and Mercury - ranking within the top five," he said, "and particularly with Buick tying with Lexus for the top rank, consumers seeking a vehicle with strong dependability have good choices at various price levels." J.D. Power Vehicle Dependability Study is based on responses from more than 53,000 original owners of 2004 model year vehicles. Owners of the top-ranked Lexus and Buick vehicles experienced 145 problems per 100 vehicles. Owners of second-ranked Cadillac vehicles experienced 162 problems per 100 vehicles. The lowest-ranking brand was Land Rover, Ford's European luxury SUV brand. Land Rover owners experienced 398 problems per 100 vehicles, according to the survey. J.D. Power and Associates also ranked specific vehicles within their respective categories. The top-ranked sub-compact car, for example, was the Scion xA from Toyota's youth-oriented Scion brand. The top-ranked compact car was the Honda Civic and the top-ranked "Sporty car" was the Mazda Miata. The Chevrolet SSR, a low-slung convertible pickup, and the Ford Mustang tied as the most depenible midsize sporty cars, and the Ford Crown Victoria ranked as the most dependable large car. Lexus vehicles topped five categories, more than any other brand. Lexus had the top-ranked premium SUV, large premium SUV, premium sporty car, large premium car and midsize premium car. Toyota's Toyota brand topped four categories. |
This is a good start, however, getting the public to not only know this but believe it will be the biggest hurdle.
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That's cool. :)
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Good news
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Originally Posted by 3TAS4ME
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This is a good start, however, getting the public to not only know this but believe it will be the biggest hurdle.
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And this is after 3 years.... not "initial" quality which many "toyota faithful" dismiss as BS because Toyota is all about the "long term" :lol:
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so this is 2004 or 2005 MY vehicles?
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Originally Posted by FS3800
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so this is 2004 or 2005 MY vehicles?
J.D. Power Vehicle Dependability Study is based on responses from more than 53,000 original owners of 2004 model year vehicles. |
So if Buick is not a premium brand, what kind of brand is it supposed to be exactly? Who is their direct competitor?
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Originally Posted by Silverado C-10
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And this is after 3 years.... not "initial" quality which many "toyota faithful" dismiss as BS because Toyota is all about the "long term" :lol:
And then they'll go on to talk about things like, "I've had my Toyota for like ten billion years and 1.7 trillion miles and it's never had a problem, I mean, seriously, like I've never even replaced the tires or changed the oil, because this car is made by people with magical powers who love me, unlike the terrible, terrible worthless excuses for human beings who sold me my Vega in 1972 and I know would rape my family and pee on my front lawn if I gave them a chance." Seriously, though, good news--especially as it comes from model years well before the current changes at GM had much effect. |
Originally Posted by centric
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Doesn't matter--Toyota nuthuggers will say "well, people who buy Buicks are almost dead anyway, of course they aren't even going to NOTICE any problems."
These cars come off the same line as other GM products, why limit the good-stuff to Buick? |
Originally Posted by HAZ-Matt
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So if Buick is not a premium brand, what kind of brand is it supposed to be exactly? Who is their direct competitor?
Originally Posted by flowmotion
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These cars come off the same line as other GM products, why limit the good-stuff to Buick?
Just a thought. |
I like hearing this stuff, too. Of course, you might want to take a gander at what Buick was offering in 2004: Century, Regal, LeSabre, Park Avenue, Rainier, Rendezvous... not exactly a technologically cutting-edge line-up. In fact, they are all old, established models that had plenty of time to work out any problems/kinks. Pretty much the epitome of KISS. Not that that's a bad thing...
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Originally Posted by JakeRobb
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... the stereotypical Buick buyer is old, and that the stereotypical old person accelerates slowly, brakes softly, takes corners slowly, etc. They don't put much stress on the car, so nothing breaks.
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Originally Posted by routesixtysixer
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I like hearing this stuff, too. Of course, you might want to take a gander at what Buick was offering in 2004: Century, Regal, LeSabre, Park Avenue, Rainier, Rendezvous... not exactly a technologically cutting-edge line-up. In fact, they are all old, established models that had plenty of time to work out any problems/kinks. Pretty much the epitome of KISS. Not that that's a bad thing...
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