[joesbucks]

I went to JD Power to check on the "quality" of the 2008 cars. They report the ranking by nameplate. If you take out the luxury cars, the list would look like this:

1. Toyota

2. Mercury

3. Honda

4. Ford

5. Chevrolet

6. Hyundai

7. Pontiac

8. Buick

9. Acura

10.Kia

5 of the top ten name plates are US branded plates, with a Ford product as #2 and GM having 3 of the top 10.

Here's the complete list with the luxury or high end cars included:

1. Porsche

2. Infiniti

3. Lexus

4. Toyota

5. Mercury

6. Honda

7. Ford

8. Jaguar

9. Audi

10. Cadillac

11. Chevrolet

12. Hyundai

13. Pontiac

14. Lincoln

15. Buick

16. Acura

17. Kia

18. Nissan

19. Volvo

20. BMW

21. GMC

22. Mazda

23. Volkswagen

24. HUMMER

25. Subaru

26. Scion

27. Dodge

28. Chrysler

29. Mitsubishi

30. SAAB

31. Suzuki

32. Saturn

33. Land Rover

34. MINI

35. Jeep

[Leo Farnsworth]

JD Power track how people ‘Feel’ after 90 days.

CR has nearly 1,000,000 surveys returned each year tracking automobiles for 6 or more years.

[RipSawyer]

But this can’t be! We are regularly assured on FR that Ford has never made anything that would make it home from the dealer lot without breaking down! I drive Fords because I am too stupid to know that of course.

[DallasMike]

Hmmm, my Buick Lucerne runs great and is so quiet that, until I learned to watch myself, I would look at the speedometer thinking that I was going 65 mph and find myself going almost 90 mph.

My wifey loves her little Caddy. It has a great turning radius and runs flawlessly.

Neither of us have done anything other than routine, scheduled maintenance on the cars.