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Suzuki


One of the few Japanese automakers to miss out on the sales boom of the last decade, Suzuki's thin brand presence and lack of distinctive vehicles probably has more to do with its low score of 46.8, since vehicles like the Kizashi sedan have been well-received. 

2011 Chrysler 300

2011 Chrysler 300

Chrysler

The flagship brand of Chrysler is down to three vehicles, including the 2011 Chrysler 300. Save that classy sedan, it's the lack of new, differentiated products coupled to less than stellar reliability ratings that's landed Chrysler a score of 47.1 in the study.

2011 Kia Sorento

2011 Kia Sorento

Kia

Kia shows how quickly an automaker's reputation can shift. Its rating of 49.3 is on the rise, and the automaker's new vehicles--the 2011 Sorento, Soul, Sportage and Optima--consistently rank high in consumer surveys. The Sorento, in fact, recently earned the company's first Recommended pick from choosy Consumer Reports.

2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee

2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee


Jeep

With a clear brand image, Jeep doesn't have the marketing problems that Chrysler's other brands have--but the troubled reliability of its hallmark product, the Grand Cherokee, can't have helped it much in an overall score of 52.7. 



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  1. fb_520745730 avatar Travis Alley Posted: 3/28/2011 12:50pm PDT

    This is sad. i hope dodge/Chrysler drops off this list soon. i really love my 04 dodge and my 11 avenger. my 04 has been awesome so far! 66k and going!
     
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  2. Bill Burke Posted: 3/28/2011 1:28pm PDT

    As a life long owner of Chrysler products I have to wonder who and how these statistics were aquired. My experience has been absolutely outstanding for over 40 years and I will always buy Chrysler based on this experience. In my extended friend/family network my Chrysler products have faired much better than imports like Lexus and BMW, way better. Bad science,theirs or mine?
     
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  3. marty avatar Marty Padgett Posted: 3/28/2011 2:16pm PDT

    I'm not sure it's bad science, Bill--I think it's more a reflection of what people perceive, unscientifically. Maybe they have lingering sentiments against Chrysler for the federal loans, or maybe they had a bad Cherokee back in the day? Either way, that just surfaces indirectly here, for better or worse.
     
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  4. tim Posted: 3/28/2011 5:47pm PDT

    I don't think that the chrysler products are that stable in the consumers mind. they went broke in 1979.they have tried renault,mitsibushi,mercedes,and now a sleep in with fiat. how about a real american car that mopar was so good at producing since the 40's? get rid of the japanese motors and go back to american parts,if I wanted a rice burner I would go out and buy a honda or toyota. make your cars rear wheel drive and just see how many you sell.I own 10 car's and they are all rear wheel drive.I cant stand the wheel pull of a fwd,or vauge power steering feel trying to hide it. its not good when all the stress is put on one end of the car.brakes struts ect wear quicker.
     
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  5. DragonKing Posted: 3/28/2011 6:45pm PDT

    What about Land Rover? I have heard that they are bad, but they aren't on this list. Does that mean that it is just talk, and that they really are quality vehicles?
     
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  6. larry300 avatar larry300 Posted: 3/29/2011 9:21am PDT

    From what I've heard and experienced, you have to pick and choose with chysler products. On one hand the 300, dodge Ram, and Jeep patriot seem to do very well. But others like the neon, sebring, and cherokee have lots of issues. Chrysler has tried to solve this by moving most production to Canada, but I guess Detroit gives better commercials.
    By the way, people need to give Fiat a chance, its been a long time since Americans last experienced them, not that anyone would forget how bad they were.
     
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  7. Chippy55 Posted: 3/29/2011 12:31pm PDT

    I can always tell who the liberals are on any car bulletin board because the comments are always outstanding as to their favorite piece of colored sheet metal, put together occasionally by people who (according to the REAL news outlets, not the liars in the Liberal media) smoke weed and drink during work breaks, and who take off Mondays and Fridays, because it was the same way back in 1969, and I have yet to see an automobile or truck made by the Big Three which doesn't have rust around the rear fenders, after only a few winters in the rust belt. I don't get it.
     
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  8. marty avatar Marty Padgett Posted: 3/29/2011 2:03pm PDT

    DragonKing, Land Rover was the lowest-scoring luxury brand on the list, but in the 60s, just above this batch of brands.
     
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  9. Raydar Posted: 3/29/2011 4:20pm PDT

    Up until '06 or so, I wouldn't have considered a Chrysler product, but I love my '09 Challenger R/T. It's quite possibly the best built car I have ever owned. 375 HP and 23 *real* MPG, in mixed driving?! Who'd have thought..? Dodge and Chrysler have something that other brands don't. Enthusiasm! They're all car guys, building cars they like.
     
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  10. oldschool42 Posted: 3/30/2011 12:24am PDT

    @ Chippy55 - I about as far from a liberal as you can get. I don't smoke weed, haven't missed a day of work in about 10 years, and I LOVE AMERICAN STEEL! You said, "I have yet to see an automobile or truck made by the Big Three which doesn't have rust around the rear fenders, after only a few winters in the rust belt. I don't get it".... well, when was the last time you looked? 1978? 1980? I see old american steel running around the midwest every day with no rust. I also jap crap and german metall running around the same streets with fenders and quarter panels flapping in the breeze; and some american stuff too, to be fair. The difference is some owners wash the salt out occaisionally and others don't. But you know that, you just want to bash America some more for some slight you think you recieved at some point. I get really tired of reading the incessant posts on Autoweek from the America haters just as you apparently do from the America lovers. Okay, I'm done now, go back and drink some more saki or Heiniken or whatever.
     
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  11. larry300 avatar larry300 Posted: 3/30/2011 8:20am PDT

    TO CHIPPY55
    This website is dedicated to talking about car related topics, not about who you voted for. There are literaly thousands of websites for that trash to be dumped. If you want to discuss car manufacturing, do so without the personal attacks on people.
     
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  12. ShethJones1487 Posted: 4/1/2011 11:54am PDT

    Everything is poor quality unless it's a GM vehicle. Even though nobody knows this but me, A typical GM vehicle is made of 24 karat gold, has the finest fabrics known to man, plastics reinforced with platnum and engines that spew scented oxygen instead of CO2.
    They will run for hundreds of thousands of miles and never ever have a single problem while everything else is just crap that goes to the junkyard once the warranty expires.
    And buying anything else but a GM vehicle is both unpatriotic and unAmerican. So think about it next time you buy a vehicle. It's GM or nothing.
    Buy American. Buy GM. Everything else is just junk.
     
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