JD Power APEAL Survey: Toyota ranked next to last, Honda, Nissan below average

[john]

"Just as in the 2009 APEAL study, all three Japanese mass market
brands – Toyota, Honda and Nissan -- scored below the industry
average. In this year’s study, Toyota also ranked next to last, just
ahead of Jeep.

The "report card showed the Detroit Three automakers catching and, in
some cases, surpassing Asian and Europe competitors as the domestic
brands, on average, outscored import brands for the first time in 13
years.

The Automotive Performance, Execution and Layout (APEAL) Study
received 76,000 consumers’ assessments on about 80 criteria after
driving their 2010 model vehicles for three months. Power researchers
collected responses between February and May of this year, added the
scores and ranked 33 brands on a 1,000-point scale.

http://www.freep.com/article/20100715/BUSINESS01/100715036/1210/BUSINESS01/U.S.-automotive-brands-outpace-rivals-in-new-J.D.-Power-survey

[chuckcar]

Post by john
"Just as in the 2009 APEAL study, all three Japanese mass market
brands – Toyota, Honda and Nissan -- scored below the industry
average. In this year’s study, Toyota also ranked next to last, just
ahead of Jeep.
The "report card showed the Detroit Three automakers catching and, in
some cases, surpassing Asian and Europe competitors as the domestic
brands, on average, outscored import brands for the first time in 13
years.
The Automotive Performance, Execution and Layout (APEAL) Study
received 76,000 consumers’ assessments on about 80 criteria after
driving their 2010 model vehicles for three months. Power researchers
collected responses between February and May of this year, added the
scores and ranked 33 brands on a 1,000-point scale.
http://www.freep.com/article/20100715/BUSINESS01/100715036/1210/BUSINES
S01/U.S.-automotive-brands-outpace-rivals-in-new-J.D.-Power-survey

I think very little of anyone who can't properly spell appeal.

[john]

Ford has hatched a plan to combat terrorism. Resume production on the
Pinto, and give them away free to members of the Taliban. A gentle
nudge in the rear from any compact car at 20mph or more will detonate
the gas tank, relieving the world of one or more terrorists (and
perhaps a few innocent civilians) in the process. I recently learned
that masturbation is not a victimless crime. Repeated wanking to
Sanford and Son re-runs has left me impotent, sore-balled and up to my
neck in credit card debt for all the hand lotion I used.

[john]

Steve Jobs says just like the iPhone, duct tape can fix most of the
issues with American cars.

[john]

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/08/08/48hours/main765413.shtml

"“I’ve driven that street thousands of times, every day,” says Mary.
“You come out of a turn and you’re just starting to accelerate and you
kind of feel, you know, your car. I just felt like the rear end wasn’t
with me and I immediately started to stop. And it wouldn’t.”

Although Mary says she was pumping the brakes, the car kept
accelerating: “I have been a good driver my whole life. But I could
not stop that car. My last thought was ‘Why won’t you stop?’”

[Bill Yanaire, ESQ]

Post by john
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/08/08/48hours/main765413.shtml
""I've driven that street thousands of times, every day," says Mary.
"You come out of a turn and you're just starting to accelerate and you
kind of feel, you know, your car. I just felt like the rear end wasn't
with me and I immediately started to stop. And it wouldn't."
Although Mary says she was pumping the brakes, the car kept
accelerating: "I have been a good driver my whole life. But I could
not stop that car. My last thought was 'Why won't you stop?'"

Continue to take your meds.

[Who Dat?]

Post by Bill Yanaire, ESQ

Post by john
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/08/08/48hours/main765413.shtml
""I've driven that street thousands of times, every day," says Mary.
"You come out of a turn and you're just starting to accelerate and you
kind of feel, you know, your car. I just felt like the rear end wasn't
with me and I immediately started to stop. And it wouldn't."
Although Mary says she was pumping the brakes, the car kept
accelerating: "I have been a good driver my whole life. But I could
not stop that car. My last thought was 'Why won't you stop?'"

Continue to take your meds.

May want to review the dosage, though.

[ACAR]

Post by john
"Just as in the 2009 APEAL study, all three Japanese mass market
brands – Toyota, Honda and Nissan -- scored below the industry
average. In this year’s study, Toyota also ranked next to last, just
ahead of Jeep.

TOKYO — Toyota cruised back to profit in the latest quarter as the
world's top carmaker cut costs and hitched a ride on the global auto
sales recovery while fighting to salvage its reputation for quality.

But the automaker's top executive and analysts alike said Toyota is
still far from a full recovery while another potential blow to its
image looms after U.S. federal authorities launched a fresh
investigation into a steering recall.

Toyota Motor Corp. said Tuesday that January-March profit totaled 112
billion yen ($1.2 billion) compared with a 766 billion yen loss the
year before.

Quarterly revenue jumped to 5.28 trillion yen ($57 billion) from 3.54
trillion yen a year earlier, when purchases of cars and other vehicles
were slumping amid the global financial crisis.

Toyota, which makes the Prius hybrid and Camry sedan, is forecasting
even better results for the fiscal year through March 2011, projecting
annual profit to rise 48 percent to 310 billion yen ($3.3 billion).