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These extrapolations are here to give the visitor some idea
as to what he/she might expect from a Big Three vehicle vis-à-vis
a Toyota or Reliable Two (Toyota and Honda) within the foreseeable future. The extrapolations are linear regressions of
degree 1. As may be seen, the gap is narrowing, but only by rather a tad.
This
page has been updated to include the data that became available in 2007.
A
model's Reliability Percentrank is a ranking of that model's Reliability Score
relative to all other Reliability Scores for the given model year and age range.
The percentrank was computed using the Percentrank function of Microsoft's Excel
2002 and, as the first part of the compound word percentrank suggests, is
a value between 0.00 and 1.00. If a model's Reliability Percentrank is near
0.00, it has a very low Reliability Score, and if a Percentrank is near 1.00, it
has a high Reliability Score. For a more detailed explanation of Reliability
Percentranks and Reliability Scores, click
here to be taken to the Methodology page.
The Reliability Percentranks and Percentrank Averages for
1988 to 1997 are based on the performance of approximately 6-to-8-year-old
vehicles; those for 1998, on the performance of approximately 7-to-9-year-old
vehicles; those for 1999, on the performance of approximately 6-to-8-year-old vehicles; those for 2000, on the performance of approximately
5-to-7-year-old vehicles; those for 2001, on the performance of approximately
4-to-6-year-old vehicles; those for 2002, on the performance of
approximately 3-to-5-year-old vehicles; those for 2003, on the performance of
approximately 2-to-4-year-old vehicles; those for 2004, on the performance of
approximately 2-to-3-year-old vehicles.
To view charts and tables
regarding the 2007 Reliability-Durability Updates,
click here.
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2007 Charts of Toyota's Reliability Grades for Model Years
1999-2002 |
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(Each chart is linked to a news article providing additional
information.) |
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Some Additional
Charts and Tables Pertaining to Reliability, Durability and Other Quality
Measures |
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(Each chart is linked to a news article providing additional
information.) |
 
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Table I: Number and Percentage
of Entries in CR's 2006
Much-Worse-Than-Average List, by Manufacturer |
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Auto Manufacturer |
Number of Entries |
Percent of Entries |
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General Motors Corporation |
17 |
50.0% |
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Ford Motor Company |
6* |
17.6% |
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DaimlerChrysler AG |
4** |
11.8% |
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Volkswagen AG |
4 |
11.8% |
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BMW AG |
2 |
5.9% |
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Kia Motors
Corporation |
1 |
2.9% |
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All Others |
0 |
0% |
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*
Two are from Ford's North American group, two are from the
Jaguar division, one is from the Land Rover division, and one is
from the Volvo division. |
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**
Two are from DaimlerChrysler's North American Chrysler group and
two are from the Mercedes-Benz division. |
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Source: "CR Bad Bets: Be
Especially Careful," Consumer Reports Cars: Used Car Buying Guide
2006,
p. 26 |
Additional Charts and Tables appear below the list of
news articles.
Some Auto News Articles:
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August 2007: Estimating Model-Year-2008 Reliability: How High Will Toyota's Rise and How Low Will the Big Three's Tumble? |
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August 2007: The 2007 Reliability-Durability Updates: For Vehicles 3-to-5 Years Old, Toyota and Honda Account for 18 of 19 Best, GM - 24 of 61 Worst |
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July 2007: The 2007 Reliability-Durability Updates: For Vehicles 4-to-6 Years Old, Toyota and Honda Account for 17 of 17 Best, GM - 24 of 56 Worst: Will a Typical Toyota at 13 Years of Age Be as Troublesome as a Typical GM at 3 Years of Age? |
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July 2007: The 2007 Reliability-Durability Updates: For Vehicles 5-to-7 Years Old, Toyota and Honda Account for 12 of 13 Best, GM - 19 of 48 Worst: Will a Typical Toyota at 21 Years of Age Be as Troublesome as a Typical GM at 3 Years of Age? |
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July 2007: The 2007 Reliability-Durability Updates: For Vehicles 6-to-8 Years Old, Toyota and Honda Account for 13 of 13 Best, GM - 18 of 43 Worst: Will a Typical Toyota at 19 Years of Age Be as Troublesome as a Typical GM at 3 Years of Age? |
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July 2007: The 2007 Reliability-Durability Updates: For Vehicles 7-to-9 Years Old, Toyota and Honda Account for 11 of 12 Best, GM - 22 of 41 Worst: Will a Typical Toyota at 30 Years of Age Be as Troublesome as a Typical GM at 3 Years of Age? |
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April 2007: The Best Models by CR's 2007 History of Reliability Verdicts: The Reliable Two Shine; Big Three Score Zip |
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April 2007:
The Reliable Two Dominate Greenest Dozen; Big Three Score Zip |
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April 2007:
Toyota and Honda Dominate CR's 2007 Top Picks and Alternates; Nissan's Infiniti Division Accounts for CR's Upscale and Luxury Top Picks; Big Three Score Zip |
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March 2007:
Toyota and Honda Increase Dominance of Consumer Reports' Good Bets List: Toyota's Best Widen Quality Gap |
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March 2007:
Chevrolet Upholds a Tradition: GM's Chevrolet Line Worst by CR's 2007 Vehicles-to-Avoid List |
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March 2007:
GM Expands Lead on CR's Used-Cars-to-Avoid List, a Tad |
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February 2007:
Does GM Mean Junk of the 7th Level of Abomination? |
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January 2007:
Big Three Dominate 2006 and Cumulative U.S. Safety Recalls |
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December 2006:
Toyota, Honda, Subaru, and Nissan Account for Nearly All on List of 2007 Models with CR's Highest Predicted Short-Term Reliability Based on Two or More Years |
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November 2006:
True Value Estimates of GM's 2007 Vehicles |
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October 2006:
The 2006 Updates: Toyota and Honda Account for 4 of 5 Most Durable Sport-Utility Vehicles; General Motors - 7 of 10 Worst: Will a Typical 1998 Toyota SUV Be More Trouble Free at 21 Years of Age Than a Typical 1998 GM SUV at 3? |
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October 2006:
The 2006 Updates: Toyota Tops in Pickup Reliability and Durability: Just How Bad, or Disastrous, Are GM Pickups? |
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October 2006:
The 2006 Updates: Toyota and Honda Account for 4 Most Durable Vehicle Lines; General Motors - 4 of 10 Worst: Will a Typical Toyota or Honda 1998 Model Be More Trouble Free at 20 Years of Age Than a Typical 1998 GM Model at 3? |
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September 2006:
Reliability Updates: Toyota and Honda Still Tops, But Lose Luster; General Motors Still Worst of Major Auto Manufacturers; Hyundai Clobbers GM Yet Again |
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September 2006:
In the U.S. in August 2006, Toyota Sales Soar Again, Honda's Dip, as do Chrysler's, Ford's Plunge, and GM's Fall a Bit of a Bit and Its Market Share Drops a Notch |
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September 2006:
Reliability Updates: Best and Worst Cars and Trucks Tables: A Chart Summary |
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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:
Toyota Dominates Auto on Info's Rosters of High Mileage Vehicles; Honda Places Second: Another Auto Manufacturer Durability Award for Each |
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August 2006:
In the U.S. in July 2006, Toyota Sales Surge to New Monthly Record and Past Ford's; Legendary Corolla Sales Soar Again; Honda Sales Jump Past Previous July Record; Big Three Sales Remain In or Near Friction-Free Free Fall, But GM's Prospect of Multiple Bankruptcy Filings Dims Again |
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June 2006:
S&P Cuts Ford Debt Deeper into Junk: Which of the Big Two Will Win the Race to Bankruptcy? |
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June 2006:
Moody's and S&P Cut GM Creditworthiness Deeper into Junk |
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June 2006:
Toyota and Honda Dominate CR's 2006 Higher-Reliability, Higher-Owner-Satisfaction Quick Picks; Big Three Score Zip |
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May 2006:
Toyota and Honda Account for 75% of CR's Top Picks, Alternatives, and Runners-up; Subaru and Nissan Account for Balance; Big Three Score Zip |
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April 2006:
In the U.S. in March 2006, Consumers Continue Their March to Quality: Reliable Two Sales Set New March Records; GM Sales Plunge; Ford Sales Drop |
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March 2006:
GM Expands Lead in Race to Bankruptcy: Fitch Cuts GM's Credit a Notch Deeper into Junk, Puts Post-Filing Bond Recovery at 30% to 50% |
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March 2006:
In the U.S. in February 2006, Reliable Two Sales Set New February Sales Records; GM's Market Share Drops Another Notch and Ford's Inches Up a Notch; Toyota RAV4 Sales Surge Again |
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January 2006:
Toyota Overwhelmingly Dominates Another Measure of Durability |
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January 2006:
Ford Cuts GM Lead in Race to Insolvency: Which Big Three Will Go Bust First? |
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January 2006:
In 2005, U.S. Consumer Shift to Quality Continues at Quickened Pace, But GM and Ford Avoid Disastrous Market Share Plunges with Big Discounts and Huge Financial Losses: Is a Big Three Product Worth a Dime? |
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January 2006:
In December 2005, U.S. Consumer Shift to Quality Races On: Toyota Sets New December Sales Record, GM and Ford Sales Plunge |
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December 2005:
MPR's Senior Economics and Business Editor Predicts GM Bankruptcy in 2006 |
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December 2005:
Engineering Firm Requests NHTSA Investigation, Alleging Ford Explorer Roof May Be Out of Compliance with Federal Standard 216; Another Death in Another Flipping Ford Explorer Brings Another Multimillion-Dollar Verdict |
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December 2005:
Ford's Debt Cut to Junk by Fitch, but GM Retains Big Lead in Race to Bankruptcy |
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December 2005:
Relentless U.S. Consumer Shift to Quality Prompts S&P to Cut GM Debt Deeper into Junk |
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December 2005:
In November 2005, U.S. Consumer Shift to Quality Undeterred by Big 3 Discounts: Reliable 2 Set New November Sales Records, GM and Ford Sales Plunge |
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December 2005:
By CR's Predicted Short-Term Reliability for Model Year 2006, Toyota and Honda Dominate Best, GM and Ford Dominate Worst |
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November 2005:
In the U.S. in October 2005, The Reliable Two Set New October Sales Records, Subaru Sales Advance, and GM and Ford Sales Plunge Again |
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November 2005:
Toyota, Honda, Subaru, and Nissan's Infiniti Overwhelm CR's 2006 Most Reliable List |
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October 2005:
Parts Division Jettisoned by GM Files Chapter 11 Bankruptcy; S&P Cuts GM's Debt Deeper into Junk |
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October 2005:
In the U.S. in September 2005, Quality Four Sales March On, GM and Ford Sales Plunge |
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September 2005:
Fitch Cuts GM Debt Deeper into Junk |
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September 2005:
2005 Reliability Updates: Plunging into the Depths - The Five Worst Marques by Reliability Percentrank Average Drop from 1988 to 2001 |
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September 2005:
2005 Reliability Updates: Big Three Appear Hopelessly Stuck in Quality Quagmire; Selling Dirt Cheap May Be Best Route to Survival |
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September 2005:
Fire Hazard Prompts Ford to Recall 4 Million Vehicles |
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September 2005:
GM Recalls 804,000 Pickups and SUVs for Braking Problem Caused by Road Salt; Excluded are Cadillac Escalades and the Cold-Weather and Road-Salt-Rich States of Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Iowa |
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September 2005:
In the U.S. in August 2005, Reason Rather Returns: Quality Four Sales Soar, GM Sales Plunge |
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September 2005:
Fifteen-Year Data History Points to Continued Overwhelming Dominance of the Best of Each Year by TMC |
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September 2005:
Auto on Info Site Manager's Conclusion: GM Likely to Dominate Worst-Cars-and-Trucks Tables for Years to Come |
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August 2005:
For 2-to-3-Year-Old Model Year 2002 Vehicles, Toyota Garners 6 of Top 9, General Motors - 13 of Bottom 45 |
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August 2005:
For Vehicles 2-to-4 Years Old, Toyota Garners 11 of Top 16, General Motors - 16 of Bottom 40 |
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August 2005:
For Vehicles 3-to-5 Years Old, Toyota Garners 9 of Top 14, Honda - 5 of Top 14, and General Motors - 19 of Bottom 44 |
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August 2005:
For Vehicles 4-to-6 Years Old, Toyota Garners 6 of Top 10, General Motors Garners 15 of Bottom 38 |
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August 2005:
For Vehicles 5-to-7 Years Old, Honda Garners 5 of Top 9, Toyota - 4 of Top 9, and General Motors - 19 of Bottom 38 |
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August 2005:
For Vehicles 6-to-8 Years Old, Toyota Garners 7 of Top 10 Reliability Percentranks, General Motors Gathers 23 of Lowest 36 |
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August 2005:
Speediest Dilapidations: General Motors Accounts for 16 of the 20 Worst |
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August 2005:
Former Parts Division GM Dumped on Shareholders Has Rating Slashed: S&P Cuts Delphi's Debt Deep into Junk |
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August 2005:
Toyota Dominates Auto on Info's Rosters of High Mileage Vehicles; Honda Places Second: Another Auto Manufacturer Durability Award for Each |
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July 2005:
Another Ford Fire: Park That Ford on the Street! IV |
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July 2005:
Toyota and BMW Among World's 20 Most Innovative Companies; Toyota, Mercedes-Benz, BMW, and Honda Brand Names Among World's 20 Most Valuable |
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July 2005:
As Fires Mount, NHTSA Puts the Heat on Ford: Park That Ford on the Street! III |
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July 2005:
Did GM's Marketing Department Make Out Big Three Consumers Unmitigated Nincompoops? |
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July 2005:
Did GM's Marketing Department Make Out GM's CEO an Unmitigated Nincompoop? |
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July 2005:
In the U.S. in June 2005, Sales by Quality Four Continue Growth and GM Shows World That It Can Move Off Dealer Lots Anything That Rolls |
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June 2005:
Site Manager Replaces Corolla Transmission: 1984 Torque Converter Expires at 478,943 Miles |
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June 2005:
Park That Ford on the Street! II |
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June 2005:
GM's CEO Entertains Shareholders: Dubious Analysis, Satire, or Just Plain Snow Job? |
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June 2005:
Are the J.D. Power Quality Survey Results Worth Less Than the Recyclable Paper They Are Printed On? |
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June 2005:
In the U.S. in May 2005, Sales Shift Toward Quality Continues |
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May 2005:
Does 'GM' Mean 'Junk'? |
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May 2005:
Toyota-Big Three Quality Gap Huge, and Growing |
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May 2005:
Toyota and Honda Rule Most Reliable List with 12 of 12 Best, GM Dominates Least Reliable List with 8 of 11 Worst |
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May 2005:
With U.S. Consumer Shift toward Quality Unabated, S&P Cuts GM and Ford's Debt to Junk |
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May 2005:
In the U.S. in April 2005, Quality Four Sales Soar, GM and Ford Continue Free Fall |
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May 2005:
Park That Ford on the Street! |
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May 2005:
General Motors Vehicles Hit with Another Safety Investigation: NHTSA to Investigate 1.3 Million GM Pickup Trucks and SUVs for Corroding Brake Part |
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April 2005:
King of Recalls Recalls Again: General Motors Leaps Past Ford with Recall of 2 Million Vehicles, Including 1.5 Million 2003-2005 SUVs and Pickups |
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April 2005:
Consumer Shift Toward Quality Gives Honda Market Capitalization Greater Than GM's and Ford's Combined |
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April 2005:
Moody's Cuts GM Long-Term Debt Rating to One Notch Above Junk, Puts Ford Debt Under Review |
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April 2005:
General Motors Models Dominate Flop Survey |
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April 2005:
Himmel vs. Ford Motor |
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April 2005:
Part of GM's Repair Kit - A Very Bloodied Ax |
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April 2005:
In the U.S. in March 2005, Toyota and Nissan Sales Advance, Ford and GM Sales Drop |
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April 2005:
General Motors' Dominion - Down & Under |
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March 2005:
Additional Measures of Toyota's Dominion in Automotive Quality: Market Capitalizations and Bond Ratings of Toyota vs. General Motors, Ford, DaimlerChrysler, and Volkswagen |
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March 2005:
Toyota and Honda Dominate Consumer Reports 2005 Overall Quick Pick List; Big Three Score Zip |
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March 2005:
Models Engineered by Toyota and Honda Dominate Consumer Reports Fuel Economy Quick Pick List; Big Three-Engineered Models Score Zip |
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March 2005:
Toyota and Honda Dominate Consumer Reports Owner Satisfaction Quick Pick List; Big Three Score Zip |
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March 2005:
GM's Bond Rating, Bond Outlook, Common Stock, and Market Cap Take a Tumble, Reports WSJ |
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March 2005:
General Motors Slashes 2005 Earnings Estimate, S&P Cuts GM's Outlook to Negative |
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March 2005:
General Motors Dominates List of Models with Highest Death Rates |
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March 2005:
General Motors and Chrysler Dominate Consumer Reports Used-Cars-To-Avoid List |
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March 2005:
General Motors Dominates Consumer Reports Much-Worse-Than-Average Reliability List, Again |
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March 2005:
Toyota and Honda Again Dominate Consumer Reports Good Bets List |
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March 2005:
Toyota Dominates Consumer Reports Reliability Quick Pick List; Big Three Score Zip |
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October 2004:
Is GM King of Junk? |
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October 2004:
The 2004 Auto Reliability Updates: Toyota Continues to Govern; GM Stays Stuck ... Deep, Down and Under, and Below |
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September 2004:
Toyota and Honda Dominate Consumer Reports' Best in Class by Cargo Space and Fuel Economy |
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September 2004:
In the U.S. in August 2004, Sales at Both Ends of the Quality Spectrum Are Mixed, Ford's Market Share Remains at .18, and Once Again Toyota Displaces Chrysler as Number 3 |
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August 2004:
General Motors Safety Recalls Keep Rolling On |
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August 2004:
Toyota Has Four of July 2004's Hottest Selling Top Ten; Honda, BMW, and DaimlerChrysler - Each Two |
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July 2004:
Toyota and Honda Dominate June 2004's Hottest Selling Top Ten |
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May 2004:
General Motors Quality Drops Again |
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May 2004:
Toyota's Reliability Continues to Advance: Gap with Big Three Grows |
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April 2004:
General Motors 2004 Recalls Continue to Mount: Is GM Quality Dropping Like a Rock? |
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March 2004:
Prompted by a Growing Number of Injuries and an Intensified U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Investigation, General Motors Recalls 4 Million Pickups |
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March 2004:
Toyota Dominates List of Best Cars and Trucks; General Motors Dominates List of Worst Cars and Trucks |
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March 2004:
General Motors' U.S. 2003 Recall Numbers: A Bottomless Pit and a GM Defense? |
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February 2004:
GM's Quality Problems Keep Rolling Out: U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Ratchets Up Investigation into General Motors' Collapsing Tailgates |
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January 2004: The Piston Slap - Engine Knock Lawsuits: Do General Motors' Pickup Trucks and SUVs Make a Grotesque Noise? |
The visitor may find the following tables and charts useful as well.
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Cumulative Number of Auto on Info
Auto Manufacturer Awards for Motor
Vehicle Quality |
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Cumulative Number of First Place Positions in Auto on Info's
Auto
Manufacturer Awards for Motor Vehicle Quality |
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Auto Manufacturer |
Awards |
Auto Manufacturer |
First Place Positions |
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Toyota |
42 |
Toyota |
39 |
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Honda |
34 |
Honda |
5 |
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Mercedes-Benz |
2 |
Mercedes-Benz |
0 |
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Nissan |
1 |
Nissan |
0 |
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BMW |
1 |
BMW |
0 |
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Volvo |
1 |
Volvo |
0 |
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General Motors |
0 |
General Motors |
0 |
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Ford |
0 |
Ford |
0 |
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Chrysler |
0 |
Chrysler |
0 |
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This table is current as of 14
August 2007. |
This table is current as of 14
August 2007. |
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Shares of Consumer Reports' 2005 Quick Picks, by Auto
Manufacturer and Motor Vehicle Line |
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Manufacturer |
Share of
2005 Reliability Quick Picks |
Share of
2005 Owner Satisfaction Quick Picks |
Share of
2005 Fuel Economy Quick Picks |
Share of
2005 Overall Quick Picks |
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Vehicle Line |
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Toyota |
.63 |
.47 |
.46 |
.33 |
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Lexus |
.11 |
.16 |
0.00 |
.14 |
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Toyota |
.53 |
.32 |
.46 |
.19 |
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Honda |
.21 |
.26 |
.38 |
.33 |
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Acura |
.11 |
.11 |
.08 |
.05 |
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Honda |
.11 |
.16 |
.31 |
.29 |
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Subaru |
.05 |
.11 |
0.00 |
.14 |
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Nissan |
0.00 |
.05 |
0.00 |
.14 |
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Infiniti |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
.05 |
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Nissan |
0.00 |
.05 |
0.00 |
.10 |
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Mazda |
.05 |
.05 |
.15 |
.051 |
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BMW |
0.00 |
.05 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
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Mitsubishi |
.05 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
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Ford, Chrysler,
General Motors, and all others |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
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1
Mazda's one entry,
the Mazda3 i, may have been pulled from Consumer Reports'
Overall Quick Pick List due to a
"Poor"
side-impact crash test rating by the Insurance Institute for
Highway Safety. The Insurance Institute's rating did cause
Consumer Reports to pull the Mazda3 from its recommended
list. |
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All shares are rounded to two
significant digits. |
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CR 2005 Quick Picks are quick pick
models of model year 2005. |
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Note: A rebadge of a product
engineered by Toyota, but sold by another auto manufacturer, is
omitted from the latter's share. |
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Source for Consumer Reports' Good
Bets: "Quick Picks," Consumer Reports, April
2005, P. 31 |
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Shares of Consumer Reports'
2007 Good Bets for Model Years
1997-2006 with Selected 1998-2002 Reliability Percentrank Averages,
by Auto Manufacturer and Motor Vehicle Line |
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Manufacturer |
Share of CR 2007 Good Bets
with a 1998-2002 Reliability Percentrank Average1 Greater
Than or Equal to .80 |
Share of CR 2007 Good Bets
with a 1998-2002 Reliability Percentrank Average1 Greater
Than or Equal to .85 |
Share of CR 2007 Good Bets
with a 1998-2002 Reliability Percentrank Average1 Greater
Than or Equal to .90 |
Share of CR 2007 Good Bets
with a 1998-2002 Reliability Percentrank Average1 Greater
Than or Equal to .95 |
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Vehicle Line |
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Toyota |
.54 |
.55 |
.72 |
.83 |
|
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Lexus |
.16 |
.19 |
.28 |
.50 |
|
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Toyota |
.38 |
.35 |
.44 |
.33 |
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Honda |
.27 |
.32 |
.22 |
.17 |
|
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Acura |
.11 |
.13 |
.06 |
0.00 |
|
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Honda |
.16 |
.19 |
.17 |
.17 |
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Subaru |
.03 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
|
Nissan |
.14 |
.10 |
.06 |
0.00 |
|
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Infiniti |
.08 |
.10 |
.06 |
0.00 |
|
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Nissan |
.05 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
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Mazda |
.03 |
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