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Auto on Info September 2006
Reliability Updates: Best and Worst Cars and Trucks Tables: A
Chart Summary
By James B. Bleeker
The following charts depict each auto manufacturer's share of models
in the 2006 updates of the annual best cars and trucks tables.
The next chart depicts the fractional shares, for each model
year, of the best cars and trucks held by Toyota Motor Corporation and
Honda Motor Company.
The next chart depicts the extrapolation of these shares
to 2008, a linear regression of degree one.
This last chart suggests that by 2008
Toyota may achieve a very considerable dominance of the best
vehicles sold in North America.
The following charts depict each auto manufacturer's
share of models in the 2006 updates of the annual
worst cars and trucks tables. The shares of General Motors
Corporation, Ford Motor Company, and DaimlerChrysler AG include the
models from their European lines (GM's Saab, Ford's Volvo, Jaguar, and
Land Rover, and DaimlerChrysler's Mercedes-Benz).
The next chart depicts the
fractional shares, for each model year, of the
worst cars and trucks held by General Motors Corporation,
Ford Motor Company, and DaimlerChrysler AG, with European lines
included (GM's Saab, Ford's Volvo, Jaguar, and Land Rover, and DaimlerChrysler's Mercedes-Benz).
The next chart provides an extrapolation of these
fractional shares to 2008, again a linear regression of degree one.
From the above extrapolations, it may be seen that over
the sixteen-year history of the worst motor
vehicle models, by Reliability Percentrank, Ford's and Chrysler's
shares of the worst are declining, while General Motors' share is
increasing. Also, note that GM's share of the worst showed
a solid increase in 2003; this drop in quality may reflect the cutting edge of the worsening financial
circumstances of GM and most of its supplier base.
To view the charts of the Big Three fractional shares
without the European lines, see
Summary of Best and Worst
Tables.
The following charts depict the percentage contribution
that each of GM's lines made to GM's totals in the 2006 updates of the
tables of worst cars and trucks of model years 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001,
and 2002.
Sources:
Best and Worst of 2002,
Best and Worst of 2001,
Best and Worst of 2000,
Best and Worst of 1999,
Best and Worst of 1998,
Summary of Best and Worst
Tables
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August 2006:
Reliability Updates: For Vehicles 6-to-8 Years Old, Toyota Accounts for 7 of 10 Best, GM - 17 of 36 Worst |
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August 2006:
Reliability Updates: For Vehicles 5-to-7 Years Old, Toyota Accounts for 9 of 13 Best, GM - 17 of 42 Worst |
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August 2006:
Reliability Updates: For Vehicles 4-to-6 Years Old, Toyota Accounts for 8 of 14 Best, GM - 19 of 47 Worst |
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August 2006:
Reliability Updates: For Vehicles 3-to-5 Years Old, Toyota Accounts for 13 of 15 Best, GM - 17 of 47 Worst |
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August 2006:
Reliability Updates: For Model Year 2002, Toyota Accounts for 11 of 16 Best, GM - 16 of 53 Worst |
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August 2006:
For 2-to-3-Year-Old Model-Year-2003 Vehicles, Toyota Garners 8 of Top 9 and 9 of Top 14, General Motors Accounts for 18 of Bottom 46 |
The following poll permits the reader to express his assessment on
General Motors Corporation.
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