By Actually in some cases Ford is making vehicles that is surpassing the quality of both the Japanese and Korean auo manufacturers:
Asian automakers are still building the most reliable cars and trucks, with eight of the top 10 brands from Japanese and Korean companies, according to an annual survey by Consumer Reports.
But several models from Ford Motor Co. are now consistently scoring above Honda and Toyota, the perennial leaders.
While Toyota’s youth-oriented Scion brand finished first for the second year in a row, several Ford models, including the midsize Ford Fusion and its cousin, the Mercury Milan, consistently have been at or near the top of their classes, a trend that led Consumer Reports editors to declare that Ford is now making some vehicles with world-class reliability.
After Scion, Honda, Toyota, Infiniti and Acura rounded out the top five brands in reliability based on surveys taken in March of subscribers who own or lease 1.4 million vehicles.
“Ford is definitely doing something right,” said Rik Paul, the magazine’s automotive editor.
Ford’s Detroit-area competitors, General Motors Co. and Chrysler Group LLC, didn’t fare as well, however. [Associated Press]
Read the rest, but GM and Chrysler still suck. In the case of Chrysler they really suck. It is good to see that Ford is taking the quality of their vehicles seriously and quite possibly why Ford is the only Detriot auto manufacturers not owned by the US government right now.
10:49 pm on October 28th, 2009 1
Ford has been making some nice looking cars in the last 10 years, but their engines, in my experience, tend to be a bit too big. For example, I rented a Ford minivan a few years back. It was nice, but thanks to the 4.3L engine, it cost me 100$ per week in gas.
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4:07 pm on October 29th, 2009 2
I don’t know.
“This time, we have got it right. While we made mistakes in the past, we are now refocused on delivering a quality product.”
…kinda sounds like…
“With these off-limits, we are redoubling our efforts to stop prostitution and human trafficking around USFK.”
Uh-huh… year after year after year.
Ford had a couple of winners this year. They excluded data from the losers to claim they had world-class quality.
When you look at the real deal, Ford came in 17th overall.
http://www.usatoday.com/money/autos/2008-10-23-cr-reliability-ranking_N.htm#Best
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