Top 5 in JD Power VDS are Japanese
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HC Racer H5
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Top 5 in JD Power VDS are Japanese
http://www.jdpa.com/studies/pressrel...ID=692&CatID=1
Lexus
Infiniti
Acura
Honda
Toyota
vw dropped well below average
Lexus
Infiniti
Acura
Honda
Toyota
vw dropped well below average
Toyota Racing = Cheaters
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Why am I not surprise Mercedes is not scored above average in the VDI study?
Anyone else noticed that all Hondamade models, minus the NSX, are in the top 3 of their respective category in that second chart. :thumbup:
Anyone else noticed that all Hondamade models, minus the NSX, are in the top 3 of their respective category in that second chart. :thumbup:
Crazy AE86 dude.
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Originally posted by rb6teg
honda topped toyota?? That suprises me. I know honda's reliable but I always thought that they were slightly ahead of honda.
honda topped toyota?? That suprises me. I know honda's reliable but I always thought that they were slightly ahead of honda.
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Stats can say anything. Look at the graph a little more closely. It's "problems per 100 vehicles." Sure that gives a nice vague, general description and provides for quick comparisons. What they don't tell you is what exactly a problem is.
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Keep in mind the second chart is MY1998...notice "Olsmobile Regency".
MFB, the vagueness is not really the problem. The problem is that when they mail these questionaires out to people, they just list problems. Then JDP takes the problems and ads them up and gets an average per 1000 cars...but it does not tell you if there was a recurring, very minor problem or if the fawking engine blows up. It also doesn't differentiate between different categories of problems. But this is at least a decent idea of how reliable cars are...shocked to see Infiniti so high.
MFB, the vagueness is not really the problem. The problem is that when they mail these questionaires out to people, they just list problems. Then JDP takes the problems and ads them up and gets an average per 1000 cars...but it does not tell you if there was a recurring, very minor problem or if the fawking engine blows up. It also doesn't differentiate between different categories of problems. But this is at least a decent idea of how reliable cars are...shocked to see Infiniti so high.
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the vagueness is not really the problem. The problem is that when they mail these questionaires out to people, they just list problems.
it does not tell you if there was a recurring, very minor problem or if the fawking engine blows up. It also doesn't differentiate between different categories of problems.