Date: 08 Jan 2004 19:38:02 GMT From: Gary Fritz <fritzxxxnopsamrii.com> Subject: Re: Saab, Chevy, Pontiac and GM
"Jeremy Brown" <Jerem43nopsamnet> wrote: > One othe thing, if you want reliability in a car and want a > European brand, car get a Swede. A couple of recent studies from > the Consumer Union (a non-profit, > unaffiliated consumers group in the US) and JD Power & Associates > have rated Saab and Volvo as the most reliable European brands > sold in the US. > None of the German brands did well at all and Mercedes was dead last > for quality Hard to believe, since the JD Power site shows the 9-3 and 9-5 with 2-3 stars (out of 5) on all categories including quality. And they don't seem to use 1 star for anything -- 2 seems to be the bottom. Meanwhile Mercedes C-class got 3-4 stars for quality. I can't find a listing of all cars on JD Power, and I can't find ANYthing on the Consumer Union site. Any cites for those? Gary