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Real Reality
Joined: 10 Jan 2003
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 Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2006 3:50 pm Post subject: Hyundai Motor Tops Quality Survey |
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Hyundai Motor Tops Quality Survey in U.S.
Hyundai Motor ranked top for quality on a market researcher�s list of global carmakers. J.D. Power and Associates said Wednesday its quality survey of consumers who purchased new cars made by 37 brands available in the U.S. market between November 2005 and January 2006 placed Hyundai third with 102 points, ahead of Toyota with 106. Honda ranked sixth with 110, Cadillac seventh with 117, Chrysler 10th with 120, Audi 18th with 130, Mercedes Benz 25th with 139 and BMW 27th with 142.... Porsche ranked first with 91 and Lexus second with 93. Hyundai affiliate Kia Motors ranked 24th with 136....
Chosun Ilbo (June 7, 2006)
http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200606/200606070016.htm
Toyota again dominates J.D. Powers' car quality survey
TOYOTA AND LEXUS TAKE 11 OF 19 TOP SLOTS
Overall, Porsche was rated as the brand with the fewest problems -- just 91 per 100 vehicles. Lexus, Hyundai, Toyota and Jaguar completed the top five.
This year's winners:
CARS
Subcompact: Kia Rio/Rio Cinco
Compact: Toyota Corolla
Compact sporty: Mazda MX-5 Miata
Compact premium sport: Porsche Cayman
Entry premium: Lexus IS 250/350
Mid-size premium: Lexus ES 330
Large premium: Lexus LS 430
Premium sporty: Lexus SC 430
Mid-size sporty: Toyota Solara
Mid-size: Toyota Camry
Large: Pontiac Grand Prix
By Matt Nauman, Mercury News (June 07, 2006)
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/breaking_news/14762948.htm
Porsche tops quality survey
Toyota, Lexus top most vehicle segments in revised J.D. Power Initial Quality Study
CNNMoney.com (June 8, 2006)
http://money.cnn.com/2006/06/07/Autos/jdpower_iqs/
Hyundai lands in top 3 for quality
By Sharon Silke Carty, USA TODAY (June 8, 2006)
http://www.usatoday.com/money/autos/2006-06-07-iqs_x.htm
J.D. Power Consumer Center
http://www.jdpower.com/autos/index_live.asp
J.D. Power, Compare Cars
http://www.jdpower.com/autos/compare.asp |
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Wangja
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| Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2006 4:19 pm Post subject: |
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Bloody 'ell - there's an American car listed too.
Perhaps Detroit has been listening.
(To be fair, I have driven a couple of US cars over the past year, and neither was as bad as the general reputation). |
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Bulsajo
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| Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2006 4:52 pm Post subject: |
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| Don't tell Wrench! |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2006 10:36 pm Post subject: |
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| Mid-term elections are coming up. Lobby your congressmen now to pass a law requiring Asian car makers to have a weekly "Bad car making Monday" like the Big Three do. It's the only way to even the field. |
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flakfizer
Joined: 12 Nov 2004
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| Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2006 6:37 am Post subject: |
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| Wangja wrote: |
Bloody 'ell - there's an American car listed too.
Perhaps Detroit has been listening.
(To be fair, I have driven a couple of US cars over the past year, and neither was as bad as the general reputation). |
Detroit has been listening for a long time. That survey is just initial quality. JD also does a long-term quality test which is more telling. They test cars after 3 years of use. Here's an article on the most recent one-2005 (there should be a new one coming out later this summer).
http://www.cnn.com/2005/AUTOS/06/29/jdpower_depend/
http://www.cnn.com/2005/AUTOS/06/29/jdpower_depend_tops/index.html
Also, see this chart:
http://www.jdpower.com/presspass/pr/images/2005089a.gif
Notice that Lincoln, Buick, Cadilac, Mercury, Ford, Chevy, and Chrisler are all above average. Now take a look at where Mercedes-Benz, Audi, and Volkswagen are. Oh, and don't forget to insert your Kia joke here: ________________________________________________________. |
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coolsage
Joined: 28 Jan 2003
Location: The overcast afternoon of the soul
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| Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2006 7:07 am Post subject: |
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| Indeed, Korean cars have vastly improved since their introduction into the NA market. Remember the Pony? The original disposable car; use it once and throw it away. Having now to compete with Japanese cars in the world market, build quality has been tightened up. However, with the exception of the Samsung (Renault/Nissan) cars and the newest Sonata, most Korean cars still look like washing machines. |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2006 4:26 pm Post subject: |
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| coolsage wrote: |
| Indeed, Korean cars have vastly improved since their introduction into the NA market. Remember the Pony? The original disposable car; use it once and throw it away. Having now to compete with Japanese cars in the world market, build quality has been tightened up. However, with the exception of the Samsung (Renault/Nissan) cars and the newest Sonata, most Korean cars still look like washing machines. |
Lots of people still have baaaaaaaaaaaad memories of those Ponys. A mechanic at a garage I worked at described them just as that "the world's first disposable car". It predated the Yugo. Hyundai really needs to move up the value chain like Honda and Nissan. They started selling on cheap/quality/fuel efficient but then moved up the value chain to high profit sports cars and luxury cars. Even today no woman is going to spread 'em for a guy driving a $50,000 Hyundai Mongoose Executive.
Hyundai should use KIA in North America to move up the value chain. Alternatively, the Pony stink could probably be wiped away if Hyundai released a value priced, sporty two seater convertible... something along the lines of the Miata. |
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coolsage
Joined: 28 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2006 10:19 pm Post subject: |
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| Indeed. The Pony's legacy lives on, in that the resale value of Korean cars is in the dumper. Yes, the new Hyundai Grandeur looks a lot like a BMW; now try getting laid because you own one. -- A convertible would be a splendid idea. A ragtop Tiburon with a smokin' V6. Why has no one at Huyndai thought of this? Oh, now I remember; this is the land where imagination comes to die. |
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