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Japanese brands top in Consumer Reports 2012 Survey reliability of cars, Ford continues fall.
Japanese brands dominate the latest consumer reports survey the reliability of cars, claiming the top seven places in terms of new car reliability at the other end of the spectrum, Ford is now second from the bottom class, closely followed by Lincoln.
The three brands all come from Toyota Every Toyota touts that product has average or better predicted reliability their The subcompact Toyota Prius C earned Consumer Reports' highest rating of overall reliability, although it is not enough good score in our tests recommended.
There are only two years, Ford was the leading reliability Detroit he cracked the top 10 among brands in Consumer Reports predicted-reliability scores, with more than 90 percent of its models being average or better, 60 percent of its models are below average, with the worst being literally the graph at 226 percent worse than the average car.
Several factors contributed to the decrease of Ford in the Consumer Reports reliability rankings few new or redesigned models, including the Explorer, Fiesta and Focus, came out of the gate with more problems than normal In addition, the system electronic infotainment MyFord Touch MyLincoln has been problematic to date, and it was added to many vehicles, an impact on the reliability of several models in addition, three historically reliable models - the Ford Escape and Fusion and Lincoln MKZ --were redesigned for 2013 and not included in the analysis.
Cadillac is the first national brand, with 14 points moved up this year All General Motors - Buick nameplate, Cadillac, Chevrolet, GMC and - rose in the rankings Volt extended range electric car continues to have superior reliability average, and the Chevrolet Cruze compact dark in its first year, improved on average.
Chrysler brands had a few setbacks this year, Consumer Reports has sufficient data to indicate that problems with some of Chrysler and Dodge recently reworked dragged ranking nameplates down last year Jeep was the national brand senior but has since slid down six of its trucks separation positions in a new plate, Ram, didn t help the reputation of Dodge.
The history of Europe is decidedly optimistic, with all the German luxury brands showing improvement Six of the seven Audis in CR survey rated average or better, as 10 of the 12 BMW Mercedes-Benz has made a good performance, with the turbocharged, four sedan C250 cylinders doing well in its first year and the V6 E berline from middle class to the average but above the M-class came in below average in its first redesigned Volkswagen year was mixed results due to problems with the Beetle GTI Jetta and Touareg.
Japanese brands top the reliability of the 2012 car Consumer Reports Survey Ford continues fall, Japanese brands, tops.