JD Power Genesis #2 in Quality!

[Riley2323]

http://m.wardsauto.com/industry/korean-brands-top-performers-jd-power-initial-quality-study

Only behind Kia, who is more or less owned by Hyundai. Hyundai is number 5. Wait a minute Genesis is made by Hyundai too...what is going on here?

 

[Mark_888]

That is for JD Power initial quality ratings.

Although Hyundai once owned a majority stake in Kia, it now owns only about 33%. But Hyundai and Kia still have extensive technology and part manufacturing sharing agreements.

 

[Sal Collaziano]

Guess who's on top? Again...

Once again Kia has topped the J.D. Power and Associates Initial Quality Study... And guess who came in second? Genesis... You have to admit - the South Koreans are making some serious progress here. This is good stuff. I'm really impressed...

edit: Threads merged...

 

[Aquineas]

Whoa, wtf happened to Lexus?

 

[Mark_888]

Whoa, wtf happened to Lexus?

Initial quality is not that important. Owners who took delivery of a Kia reported .78 problems on average. Lexus owners reported .98 problems on average. But we don't know what the problems were.

What is most important is medium and long term reliability of the major components of the car. JD Power is not good at reporting quality IMO. Consumer Reports is the best, because they capture and report information on specifically what components have problems, and they have a very large sample size.

 

[YEH]

^ Can't say that there is no correlation, however.

Acura dropped below the industry average in the 2014 IQS and finished below avg. in the 2017 VDS.

Whoa, wtf happened to Lexus?

Finally started to implement some new powertrains, including turbo engines.