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Yeo Zorce Jedi Master
Joined: 06 Apr 2005 Posts: 1936 Location: Far Rockaway, NY
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Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 7:58 am Post subject: Mazda zoom zooms to top of reliability |
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Source: 4car
Mazda has topped a reliability survey by Warranty Direct, which studied claims it dealt with for cars aged 3-9 years old. In the 450,000 cars it studied in the UK and US, Mazda models accounted for just 8.04% of failures per 100 cars.
It comes as no surprise that the Japanese manufacturers dominated the study; second-placed was Honda, with just 8.9 failures per 100 cars, followed by Toyota (15.7 and Mitsubishi (17.04). Subaru was sixth (18.46), followed by Nissan (18.46) and Lexus (20.05).
Best-placed of the non-Japanese car-makers was Korean firm Kia (17.39, fifth) with the best of the Europeans being Mini (ninth place behind Lexus, 21.9). Citroen came in tenth (25.9, followed by Daewoo (26.3), Hyundai (26.36), Peugeot (26.59), Ford (26.76) and Suzuki (27.2).
At the bottom end of the table were Chrysler's Jeep brand (46.36 failures per 100 vehicles), Land Rover (44.21), Saab (41.59), Alfa Romeo (39.13), Renault and Seat (both 36.87), Audi (36.74), Chrysler (34.9), Skoda (32.12), Jaguar (32.05), Volkswagen (31.44), Volvo (31.2, MG Rover (31.12) and Mercedes-Benz (29.9).
Middling results were achieved by Porsche (27.4, Fiat (28.49), BMW (28.64) and Vauxhall (28.77). _________________ www.ttonline.org
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Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 9:17 am Post subject: |
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MG Man Zorce Klingon Warrior
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Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 9:59 am Post subject: |
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ah yes, we sure do love our Euros, don't we
I was surprised at Toyota tho _________________
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Plex Zorce Jedi Master
Joined: 01 May 2005 Posts: 9039 Location: T&T
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Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 12:46 pm Post subject: |
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Humm, interesting... |
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MG Man Zorce Klingon Warrior
Joined: 19 May 2005 Posts: 2683 Location: usually on the back page
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Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 1:02 pm Post subject: |
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^^^see what I was talking about, Plex?
European cars are really for their domestic markets. They canot compete on a global scene...it was always that way. Euro brands that sold in the US were sold on history and novelty.........that don't cut it nowadays..........I'd still buy an Alfa 155 if I cud get one _________________
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Plex Zorce Jedi Master
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Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 1:10 pm Post subject: |
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Even though it is for a domestic market it is time for a change.. |
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MG Man Zorce Klingon Warrior
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Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 2:12 pm Post subject: |
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u make it sound so simple _________________
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Plex Zorce Jedi Master
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Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 2:30 pm Post subject: |
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MG Man wrote: | u make it sound so simple |
Quite true..Saying it is easy..While carrying it out is a different thing.
Perhaps one day their strategy may change and become a global producer or perhaps it may never change..Only time will tell.. |
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