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Old 11-10-04 | 09:36 AM
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Originally posted by Hameed
Unless we are looking at different reports I distinctly remember seeing Porsche at the top of list as far as long term reliability (I think it was 3 years) is concerned followed by Lexus in the # 2 spot. Or perhaps it was the other way around - Lexus was 1st and Porsche was 2nd. I don't remember exactly now.
If you're talking about the 2004 J D power dependability survey (3 year old vehicles). Lexus is first, Porsche is only tenth :



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Anybody notice the typo they made classifying the Tundra and F-150 as "Minivans"?

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Old 11-10-04 | 05:34 PM
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Originally posted by SexySC
If you're talking about the 2004 J D power dependability survey (3 year old vehicles). Lexus is first, Porsche is only tenth :



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Don't forget...the data for this chart is basically 3 years old. Whenthe data for newer cars comes out you are going to see worse rakings both both BMW and Mercedes-Benz, and much higher rankings for both Hyundai and Kia.
Old 11-11-04 | 06:38 AM
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Originally posted by mmarshall
Don't forget...the data for this chart is basically 3 years old. Whenthe data for newer cars comes out you are going to see worse rakings both both BMW and Mercedes-Benz, and much higher rankings for both Hyundai and Kia.
No, this is the latest, newest data for 2004, but it is for 3-year-old cars. For JDP, they have different studies for initial quality(First 3 months) & Longer-term (3 years) dependability. The longer term reliability survey is more relevant in measuring the vehicles' reliability.
Old 11-11-04 | 07:59 AM
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Originally posted by Falcon LS
What's so unreliable about the Ford Excursion? Forgive me, but blue's in the blood.
The deisel engines in American Ford vehicles, like the Excursion, are incredibly bad. They're complete trash, actually, so that's probably what put the Excursion in that list.

They should have actually created a separate category for it called "Buses and Mass Transit."
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Originally posted by wantAnewLex

They should have actually created a separate category for it called "Buses and Mass Transit."
"Miscellaneous Overweight Heaps".

Old 11-11-04 | 12:20 PM
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Talk about total domination.

The LS430 is no longer on the very top of the sedan list. It's topped by even the RL! Lexus needs to make sure that their flagship sits on top of every god-da*ned list.

Also, didn't the Impreza just appear on the 2004 Lemon List? How does it make it to this list anyway?

BTW, here's the link to the Detroit News article: http://www.detnews.com/2004/autosins...b01-328882.htm
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