http://www.autoblog.com/2006/11/16/jaguar-continues-to-round-up-awards-ranks-highest-in-j-d-power/ Autoblog Comments for http://www.autoblog.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.autoblog.com en-us Copyright 2008 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.autoblog.com/2006/11/16/jaguar-continues-to-round-up-awards-ranks-highest-in-j-d-power/http://www.autoblog.com/2006/11/16/jaguar-continues-to-round-up-awards-ranks-highest-in-j-d-power/Nov 16th 2006 6:36PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2006/11/16/jaguar-continues-to-round-up-awards-ranks-highest-in-j-d-power/http://www.autoblog.com/2006/11/16/jaguar-continues-to-round-up-awards-ranks-highest-in-j-d-power/Nov 16th 2006 6:55PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2006/11/16/jaguar-continues-to-round-up-awards-ranks-highest-in-j-d-power/http://www.autoblog.com/2006/11/16/jaguar-continues-to-round-up-awards-ranks-highest-in-j-d-power/
Aside from those at the very top and the very bottom, these scores are packed so close together that the differences aren't meaningful. All but the top two and the bottom one are within 5 percent of the average.

The real shocker to me, year after year, is that the average is so high. Are people really this satisfied with the process of buying a car?

My general take on J.D. Power:
http://www.truedelta.com/jdpower.php
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Heck, they have to offer a blowjob just to get most people to take a test drive in those pieces of crap. Hondas and Toyotas fly off the lots at high speed. It's no surprise that their salesmen can afford to be a little rude, because the next customer is already lined up.

Mitsubishi's placement confuses me, though. Maybe just everything about their automotive arm is awful these days?]]>Nov 16th 2006 7:10PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2006/11/16/jaguar-continues-to-round-up-awards-ranks-highest-in-j-d-power/http://www.autoblog.com/2006/11/16/jaguar-continues-to-round-up-awards-ranks-highest-in-j-d-power/
We all know about your bogus little web site by now. Any poster here who hasn't visited it yet probably doesn't care to do so, and certainly NOT because they haven't seen one of your round-the-clock advertisements.

Quit trolling for traffic before someone bans you.]]>Nov 16th 2006 7:13PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2006/11/16/jaguar-continues-to-round-up-awards-ranks-highest-in-j-d-power/http://www.autoblog.com/2006/11/16/jaguar-continues-to-round-up-awards-ranks-highest-in-j-d-power/Nov 16th 2006 7:39PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2006/11/16/jaguar-continues-to-round-up-awards-ranks-highest-in-j-d-power/http://www.autoblog.com/2006/11/16/jaguar-continues-to-round-up-awards-ranks-highest-in-j-d-power/
I could scribble jibberish on a paper and post it on the internet and it would mean more than this survey.
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On a side note I cannot wait to test drive the MKZ

Edmunds.com link:
http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/Drives/FirstDrives/articleId=117549?tid=edmunds.il.home.photopanel..2.*
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Hundreds of people visit my site each month based on my comments here, and often give me positive feedback on it. Just the facts. For which I am grateful. ]]>Nov 16th 2006 8:12PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2006/11/16/jaguar-continues-to-round-up-awards-ranks-highest-in-j-d-power/http://www.autoblog.com/2006/11/16/jaguar-continues-to-round-up-awards-ranks-highest-in-j-d-power/Nov 16th 2006 8:23PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2006/11/16/jaguar-continues-to-round-up-awards-ranks-highest-in-j-d-power/http://www.autoblog.com/2006/11/16/jaguar-continues-to-round-up-awards-ranks-highest-in-j-d-power/Nov 16th 2006 8:27PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2006/11/16/jaguar-continues-to-round-up-awards-ranks-highest-in-j-d-power/http://www.autoblog.com/2006/11/16/jaguar-continues-to-round-up-awards-ranks-highest-in-j-d-power/Nov 16th 2006 9:31PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2006/11/16/jaguar-continues-to-round-up-awards-ranks-highest-in-j-d-power/http://www.autoblog.com/2006/11/16/jaguar-continues-to-round-up-awards-ranks-highest-in-j-d-power/

Seriously, automotive quality generalizations aside, if you think this survey has anything to do with vehicle quality, say so. Then I'll know to just ignore anything else you write regarding it.

The last vehicle I bought was Japanese and after 14 years of living in New England the quarter panels all look new thanks. I would comment on whether or not American vehicles "are now better" but I wouldn't know. I haven't had to test drive anything thanks to my excellent and reliable Toyota.

Ha]]>Nov 16th 2006 10:24PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2006/11/16/jaguar-continues-to-round-up-awards-ranks-highest-in-j-d-power/http://www.autoblog.com/2006/11/16/jaguar-continues-to-round-up-awards-ranks-highest-in-j-d-power/
The point here is salesmen will do ANYTHING to get a deal. I paid for my college education by working as a cell phone salesman in my local mall and I pulled just about every play in the book to get my sales commission. The key is to talk fast and to no let your customer get a word in edge wise. The more you talk the less likely he/she is to walk away because they do not want to be rude, and the more likely they are to buy because you make the product sound so nice... the whole "HOW DID I LIVE WITH OUT THIS???" line.

At car dealerships this is the rule; the salesman (who knows less then the people who read autoblog and the mags) will just assume the customer is a moron, and will try to make a sale by not letting the customer think about any problems with the vehicle. Notice how the first thing they do is turn on the radio and turn up the vol. That is one reason why there is a lot of buyers remorse just after a 20, 30, 40 50+ thousand dollar sale--people really dont test drive the car they are talked into buying the car.

I am actually surprised Saturn is not (or hasn't been) at the top of this list. They are the only brand that I know of that has a no haggle sales process. But there are more than just sales price that actually makes a sale so I guess that is why Saturn is lower than I would expect. they are after all the best "economy-car" brand according to the list so...

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There's a nice "Advertise" link under "Resources" in the second column. If you want to troll autoblog for traffic then you should pay for it. Period.

Just the facts.]]>Nov 16th 2006 11:18PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2006/11/16/jaguar-continues-to-round-up-awards-ranks-highest-in-j-d-power/http://www.autoblog.com/2006/11/16/jaguar-continues-to-round-up-awards-ranks-highest-in-j-d-power/Nov 16th 2006 11:53PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2006/11/16/jaguar-continues-to-round-up-awards-ranks-highest-in-j-d-power/http://www.autoblog.com/2006/11/16/jaguar-continues-to-round-up-awards-ranks-highest-in-j-d-power/Nov 17th 2006 8:20AM