J.D. Power and Associates' Initial Quality Study GMC/Silverado top

[RVJ]

I couldn't see this was posted but felt it should be. A milestone showing Silverado LD and Sierra LD in top 5 for initial quality.

 

http://autos.jdpower.com/content/press-release/gcVRbAk/2013-initial-quality-study.htm

['01LS1]

Found something similar elsewhere...

 

DETROIT -- General Motors for the first time ranked atop a closely watched survey measuring new-vehicle quality, while Ford Motor Co. continued to be dragged down by its electronic features.

GM placed two brands -- GMC and Chevrolet -- in the top five of J.D. Power and Associates' Initial Quality Study released today.

The annual survey, redesigned for its 27th year, measures the number of problems on 2013 cars and light trucks that buyers report after 90 days of ownership. Volkswagen AG's Porsche unit topped all brands, followed by GMC, Lexus, Infiniti and Chevrolet.

"GM has the best quality of any corporation in the study, the first time it's been on top," said David Sargent, vice president of the global automotive practice at J.D. Power and the study's author. "And GMC and Chevrolet have never finished in the top five before."

Toyota's Scion brand, Chrysler's Fiat unit and Mitsubishi were at the bottom of the rankings. Lexus, Toyota's luxury brand, had topped the survey in 2012 and 2011.

Almost two-thirds of problems reported on 2013 models were related to design rather than manufacturing defects -- things drivers considered not broken but still difficult to understand or operate, Power said.

"The manufacturers have gotten really, really good at building high-quality products," Sargent said. "Quality now is not just 'Does it work?' It's a matter of how it works and is it simple and enjoyable to operate."

Results of the study were released today at an Automotive Press Association luncheon in Detroit.

GM's four brands averaged 98 problems per 100 vehicles, and it was the only automaker with fewer than one problem per new car, passing Toyota Motor Corp. and Honda Motor Co., which tied for second among automakers with 103 problems per 100 models surveyed.

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[riya]

The cars seem to get positive reviews on Top Gear but that is my only experience with them. They make little cars for tight European cities with expensive fuel, so they're likely boring and slow.