It's a bit of a wake-up call for Nissan. I'm sure they are working extremely hard to improve these vehicles. They really need to put all those problems to bed. |
It's a bit of a wakeup call for Nissan. I'm sure they are working extremely hard to improve these vehicles. They really need to put all those problems to bed. |
It's an unrealistic sales and marketing tool that they are actually using. They are saying you're going to get 35 miles per gallon and you're really only going to get 21. |
It's better than nothing, but not by much. |
It's nearly always electrical and power equipment. |
Just one in ten of the vehicles we tested achieved fuel economies as good as or better than EPA estimates. |
Once GM gets to average reliability on our scores, they seem to take the emphasis off continual improvement. We see other manufacturers that are mortified by an average score. It's a different mind-set. |
Rust has virtually gone away. |
Safety is our primary theme. Basically, cars are getting much, much better. At one time, one or two cars stood out in the pack. Now we're seeing in most categories that there are three or four different cars you could choose from. |
The automobile has probably got the worst environment for electronics. They're very dry, very dusty; or very hot and humid; or very cold and wet. |
The E.P.A. test was developed in the 1970's and is not reflective of the way cars are driven today. |
The electrical and electronic features tend to be problematic, so they could be causing a leveling off of reliability even though the rest of the car is getting more reliable. |
The Japanese manufacturers have great attention to detail, they make cars people want to buy. Their cars have great reliability. |
The Japanese seem to have great attention to detail. Everything is well thought out. Their cars are extremely reliable, but also, really quite simple in in terms of the engineering that's gone into them. |
The progress that some of the manufacturers have been making seems to have stalled. |