In message , john writes
"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.
>
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01/U.S.-automotive-brands-outpace-rivals-in-new-J.D.-Power-survey As Mandy Rice-Davies once famously said, "They would say that, wouldn't they".