Re: VW takes beating in new JDP IQS

[scottb2460@earthlink.net]

Shaun D. Mullen wrote:
> 
> The Associated Press and USA Today have stories today on the 1999 J.D.
> Powers Initial Quality Survey, the widely followed measure of vehicle
> quality.  Volkswagen takes a beating.
> 
> New Jaguars had the fewest defects (110 per 10 vehicles), followed by
> Buick (114), Infiniti (118), Acura (124), BMW (125), Lexus (131), Toyota
> (135), Honda (137), Cadillac (139) and Chrysler (148).  At the bottom,
> Kia had the most defects (333), followed by Suzuki (299), Isuzu (242),
> Jeep (234), VOLKSWAGEN (223), Daewoo (216), Land Rover (200), Mitsubishi
> (199), GMC (199) and Hyundai (194).  The average for all vehicles was
> 167.
> 
> Audi presumably was somewhere in between, but neither story had the
> entire list.  Under Power's agreement with manufacturers, the survey is
> not made public (with good reason in VW's case), but the executive
> summary apparently was leaked to the two news outlets (by Jaguar, one
> would presume).
> 
> Says USA today of Volkswagen: "Despite critical acclaim, huge sales
> increases, impressive crash-test scores and executive pledges of high
> quality, it finished near the bottom: 223 problems per 100 vehicles.
> All models scored poorly, Power says, and the New Beetle was especially
> troublesome.  Mix in VW's Audi luxury brand and VW's corporate score
> edges up to only 213."
> 
> Shaun Mullen
> West Grove, PA


Geeze, what timing. Reminds me of our next door neighbor. Just purchased
the newly designed Jetta. In less than one month she has gone thru two
alternators and this morning, car needed to be towed again since it
wouldn't turn over.

Scott