Lexus, Toyota, Honda top quality survey
Usual suspects Toyota, Lexus and Honda have rated well in this year's JD Power and Associates' dependability studyLexus, Toyota and Honda dominate automotive segment rankings for quality, according to the US-based JD Power and Associates annual vehicle dependability study (VDS).
Lexus models lead in four segments: GS300/GS430 (midsize premium car), LS430 (large premium car), SC430 (premium sports car) and LX470 (midsize premium SUV).
The Toyota Echo/Yaris (in sub-compact car), RAV4 (compact SUV), Highlander (Kluger in the Aussie market) and Tundra (large pickup) lead in their respective segments.
Honda models rank highest in three segments: Civic (compact car), S2000 (compact premium sports car) and Odyssey (van).
Interestingly the study, which measures problems experienced by original owners of three-year-old (2003 model-year) vehicles, this year revealed the gap in long-term quality between luxury and higher-volume brands has been cut in half during the past four years.
According to VDS figures the gap in reported problems between luxury and non-luxury brands averages 15 PP100 (problems per 100 vehicles); down from 31 PP100 in 2003. Kia was deemed most improved brand, improving 87 pp100 since 2005.
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