The Highest Quality Cars are

again largely Domestic Made!  A couple of weeks ago JD Powers released it's Most-Dependable Cars list again.  This list is the most comprehensive study done in the industry.  It is done on 3-year old (2007) cars and is conducted by contacting owners of those cars.  The study is done via problems per 100 cars with a lower number being better. The 2010 Vehicle Dependability Study is based on responses from more than 52,000 original owners of 2007 model-year vehicles. The study was fielded between October and December 2009.

Porsche leads the overall nameplate rankings in 2010, which is consistent with its performance in the J.D. Power and Associates 2007 Initial Quality Study,^SM which measures new-vehicle quality at 90 days of ownership. Lincoln improves by six rank positions from 2009 to follow Porsche in the nameplate rankings. Rounding out the top five nameplates are Buick, Lexus and Mercury. In addition, seven of the 10 models with the lowest incidence of problems in the industry are from Ford and General Motors, including the 2007 model-year Buick Lacrosse, Buick Lucerne, Cadillac DTS, Ford Five Hundred, Lincoln MKZ, Mercury Milan, and Mercury Montego. The Cadillac DTS has the fewest problems in the industry, with just 76 problems per 100 vehicles. This marks the first time in more than a decade that a model from a domestic automaker has achieved the lowest PP100 score in the Vehicle Dependability Study.

Common Cent's own study of the chart shows that 3 of the top 5 nameplates are Domestic (Buick, Lincoln and Mercury) and six Domestic Brands exceed the industry average in quality. 

On the other end of the scale, the lowest ranked cars is very revealing.  The worst three brands were Imports (Land Rover, Suzuki and Volkswagen) and 7 of the 8 (82.5%) of the worst cars made are imports!  When was the last time your heard that?  I guess the State Run Media conveniently forgets to mention good news.

And for the first time in 10 years the most dependable car, the highest quality car available is a Domestic, the Cadillac DTS with just 76 problems per 100 cars!  Have you heard this - the Highest Quality Car available is an American Car???

Toyota, finished in sixth place overall.