Originally posted by svtcarboy:
Actually, European and Japanese cars still have a decided reliability edge over American products. The perfomance and quality gap has tightened to be insignificant, but the reliability difference is still there (though less than before).
Speaking of which, Ford's quality has gone down the toilet in the latest Consumer Reports surveys. Cougar, Focus (really BAD!), Escape, and Windstar are all Much-Worse-Than-Average. Ranger dipped to worse than average. F150 dipped to average. Excursion is worse than average. Taurus/Sable and Crown Vic/Grand Marquis are average, but not as good as they used to be. Only the LS improved from Much-Worse-Than-Average to Average.
If I ran Ford, I'd see a worse-than-average repair index as something that needs immediate attention.
Where do the opinions from consumer reports come from, from the consumer??? dought it! If the Ford products are so bad according to the "consumers" then why is the Ford F-150 still the best selling Truck, and the ever flipping Explorer still best selling SUV if the consumers hate these cars so much as consumer reports says then why are they still buying them.just my opinion. Well one more thing back in the '80s when I was a teenager, the imports sucked just as bad as the domestics did and the ever famed BMW also has its problems so don't be fooled by a name.
