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    Default Car Reliability Update

    things are changing for the better for American cars too
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    Jaguar, Buick dethrone Lexus in reliability study
    By DAN STRUMPF – (March 19, 2009)
    NEW YORK (AP) — British luxury carmaker Jaguar surged to the top of J.D. Power and Associates' closely watched vehicle dependability study this year, tying Buick for the No. 1 spot and dethroning Lexus for the first time since the Japanese luxury brand has been a part of the survey.
    Lexus, Toyota Motor Corp.'s luxury brand, took the next spot in the study released Thursday, followed by Toyota's namesake brand, then Mercury, Infiniti and Acura.
    "Buick and Jaguar both lead the industry in nameplate performance," said Neal Oddes, director of product research and analysis at J.D. Power. "In terms of individual model performance, Lexus and Toyota still do very, very well."
    The annual study measures problems experienced by the original owners of vehicles after three years. Suzuki owners reported the most problems among the 37 brands assessed by J.D. Power.
    Despite losing its crown to Jaguar and Buick, Lexus still swept top awards in four segments, while Toyota's namesake brand took five awards. General Motors Corp.'s Buick LaCrosse was J.D. Power's top midsize car, while Ford Motor Co.'s Lincoln brand took two awards. Chrysler LLC, which took no segment awards last year, won top honors for its Dodge Caravan in the van segment.
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    what they fail to study: how are these cars running 10 and 20 years later. sure a car will be fine for 3 years, but if it can last 25, you got a good car. i dont want a car for 3 years only to toss it.

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    ^^ True except that old cars reflect how much maintenance is given and care in drivng them, as well as the enviromnent they are driven in (road salt for example). Kinda makes it hard after a few years.

    You are right in your concern -- a car is old a LOT longer than it is new. And people typically keep cars a lot longer than previously; 5 years is not a long time to hold a car.
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