Thursday, June 07, 2007
Ford does it again
Ford has overtaken Toyota as the leader of the pack in initial quality rankings.
The nation's number-two auto maker won the top spot in 5 of 19 segments in the JD Power and Associates 2007 survey. (Ford is now down a spot to the number 4 automaker in the world)
Once again, Porsche dominated the overall ranking of brands, averaging 91 problems per 100 vehicles -- the same as last year.
The 2007 industry average is 125 problems per 100 vehicles.
Last year it was 124.
Ford earned segment awards for the Mustang, Lincoln Mark LT, Lincoln MKZ, Mercury Milan and Mazda MX-5 Miata. **We own a Mazda6, which Ford based the above Lincoln MKZ, Mercury Milan, and also Ford Fusion cars. That makes me feel good about our car choice.
Toyota only four top spots this year after taking eleven segments last year. And this after Toyota has to recall many of their "wonderful, new" Full-size Trucks. The TUndra's quality is not good for 2007, and that will hurt Toyo's foray into the large truck market that Ford dominates and Chevy/GMC is a close second.
It is nice -for me- to see our own nation's auto industry doing well for once. They still might be struggling financially, but quality is huge and should help the financial turn-around.
The nation's number-two auto maker won the top spot in 5 of 19 segments in the JD Power and Associates 2007 survey. (Ford is now down a spot to the number 4 automaker in the world)
Once again, Porsche dominated the overall ranking of brands, averaging 91 problems per 100 vehicles -- the same as last year.
The 2007 industry average is 125 problems per 100 vehicles.
Last year it was 124.
Ford earned segment awards for the Mustang, Lincoln Mark LT, Lincoln MKZ, Mercury Milan and Mazda MX-5 Miata. **We own a Mazda6, which Ford based the above Lincoln MKZ, Mercury Milan, and also Ford Fusion cars. That makes me feel good about our car choice.
Toyota only four top spots this year after taking eleven segments last year. And this after Toyota has to recall many of their "wonderful, new" Full-size Trucks. The TUndra's quality is not good for 2007, and that will hurt Toyo's foray into the large truck market that Ford dominates and Chevy/GMC is a close second.
It is nice -for me- to see our own nation's auto industry doing well for once. They still might be struggling financially, but quality is huge and should help the financial turn-around.
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