In today's business section of the San Diego Union-Tribune was the J.D. Power and Associates rating of long-term dependability. Their results are based on a survey of 52,000 owners of 2007 model year vehicles.
So of course my first impression is ok, but what about newer cars? I guess I will have to wait until 2013 to find out the ratings for the 2010 models. Not picking on the survey, just a thought that came to mind.
Anyway, what were the results?
Overall the problems per 100 dropped from 167 last year to 155 for these. That's a great step in the right direction. For individual brands and models here are some of findings:
From 9th last year Porsche came in as number one.
Toyota fell two spots from its former third place finish. This of course is before all of the current problems. Looks like something is happening at this company for the past few years. American cars have been moving up while Buick and Jaguar fell along with the Toyota.
So how did our favorite brand Honda do? Well not as good as would have liked to see, but they were first in three different categories.
Honda's Fit was number one in Subcompacts, the Honda CR-V in Compact SUV's and the Ridgeline in Mid-Size pickups. The Accord did not win this time around.
The good news for me of course was the showing of the Honda Fit. I'm still in the process of trying to purchase one when I move to Oregon. More info on the next blog.
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