Korean cars were once the topic of late night American TV jokes--poor quality often the issue, Things have changed.
Hyundai Motor Tops Quality Survey in U.S.
Hyundai Motor ranked top for quality on a market researcher’s list of global carmakers.
J.D. Power and Associates said Wednesday its quality survey of consumers who purchased new cars made by 37 brands available in the U.S. market between November 2005 and January 2006 placed Hyundai third with 102 points, ahead of Toyota with 106. Honda ranked sixth with 110, Cadillac seventh with 117, Chrysler 10th with 120, Audi 18th with 130, Mercedes Benz 25th with 139 and BMW 27th with 142 .
The score is based on consumers’ evaluation of their new vehicles after three months of ownership in 217 categories including comfort, convenience and design. The study reflects problems consumers saw for every 100 cars -- the lower the score, the more consumers are satisfied. Porsche ranked first with 91 and Lexus second with 93. Hyundai affiliate Kia Motors ranked 24th with 136.
J.D. Power evaluations placed Hyundai 23rd among 36 surveyed brands until the first half of 2003, but the last three years brought remarkable improvement.
“Our impressive performance in improving quality is the result of the quality management the firm’s chairman Chung Mong-koo has been pushing, Hyundai Motor vice president Lee Yong-hoon said.
That is most certainly good news. Aside from that, actually, the Azera, has also been receiving awards. That's kudos to Hyundai.
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