Automobile Brand and Manufacturer Quality in 2010
by James Bleeker

Content Summary

This section of Auto on Info rates and ranks auto brands and auto manufacturers with significant sales in the U.S.

The ratings and rankings are for year 2010 and use the statistics found in the Used-Cars-to-Avoid table and the reliability charts of the April 2010 issue of Consumer Reports, likely the most respected and followed source of automobile-quality information in North America.

Each page has a "Summary and Analysis" section.

This section currently has the following pages:

2010 - The 10 Best Automobile Brands: Go
2010 - The 10 Worst Automobile Brands: Go
2010 - The Ratings and Rankings of All Automobile Brands: Go
2010 - The Ratings and Rankings of All Automobile Manufacturers: Go

Highlights

Some interesting highlights of automobile brand and manufacturer quality in 2010 are:

1. Toyota Motor Corporation's Scion, Toyota, and Lexus brands, Honda Motor Company's Acura and Honda brands, and Nissan Motor Company's Infiniti constituted the Top 6 by both of the quality rankings used in this section.

2. Brands of General Motors Corporation and the Chrysler Group accounted for well over half of the Bottom 10 brands by both quality rankings. By one of the quality measures, GM accounted for 5 of the worst 8 brands.

3. All three brands of the Chrysler Group placed in the bottom half by both quality measures. All of the several brands of General Motors placed in the bottom half by both quality measures, save one brand that placed in the top half by one of the two quality measures.

4. All three of the North American brands of Ford Motor Company placed in the top half by one quality measure, and two of the three placed in the top half by the other quality measure.

5. After placing in the Bottom 10 in 2005 and the Top 10 in 1995, the Mercedes-Benz brand placed in the Middle 11 in 2010.

6. Toyota Motor Corporation and Honda Motor Company were the two automobile manufacturers to place in the Top 3 by both quality rankings.

7. General Motors Corporation and the Chrysler Group were the two automobile manufacturers to place in the Bottom 3 by both quality measures.

For a Google Knol by site manager that summarizes the changes in auto-brand and auto-manufacturer ranking from 1990 to 2010 by the quality measures of this section, click Go.

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