Ford Super News Ticker Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 Both Ford and Lincoln rank among the top five automotive brands in the United States for the first time in the latest J.D. Power U.S. Initial Quality Study thanks to overall quality improvements that are outpacing the industry. View the full article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackinaw Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 Nice to see that the new Ranger is the top-rated mid-size pickup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 Amazing what killing Focus powershift and MFT did for quality improvements. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HotRunrGuy Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 Here's a more in-depth article on that subject. https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2019/06/19/2019-jd-power-iqs-initial-quality-study/1480119001/ HRG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurgeh Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 These rankings often show less than folks think. Generally, cars today are much better built and the difference between a make ranked in the 70 percentile and one in the 40 percentile is often not that great. It is useful, however, in showing who is doing remarkably well or poorly and who is moving up or down. Looking at this latest rankings I see that after years at the top Lexus has been dethroned and has moved to the broad middle of the pack. Other past high rankers, Porsche and Buick, have done the same. Past very poor performers, Cadillac and FCA products, have modestly improved while past middling poor performers, VW and Volvo, have crashed (just as past middling good performers, Ford and Lincoln, have surged upward). But some things stay the same. Jaguar Land Rover products stay buried in the basement. The only good thing they can hope for is that some day JD Powers will be able to survey Tesla owners (Tesla is blocking Powers' access to that data), which will make even JLR initial quality look good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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