From: chuckcar on
john <johngdole(a)hotmail.com> wrote in
news:0a89c99a-88f0-4b34-b02c-5a97c8ef728c(a)q21g2000prm.googlegroups.com:

> "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.
>
> http://www.freep.com/article/20100715/BUSINESS01/100715036/1210/BUSINES
> S01/U.S.-automotive-brands-outpace-rivals-in-new-J.D.-Power-survey
>
I think very little of anyone who can't properly spell appeal.



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From: Tegger on
"E. Meyer" <epmeyer50(a)msn.com> wrote in
news:C8687B93.1D9A8%epmeyer50(a)msn.com:


>>
>
> I wonder how much GM paid for that "study".
>
>



GM didn't have to pay anything. Barack simply made a few phone calls,
and...


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From: chuckcar on
Tegger <invalid(a)invalid.inv> wrote in
news:Xns9DB972BD6C61Ctegger(a)208.90.168.18:

> "E. Meyer" <epmeyer50(a)msn.com> wrote in
> news:C8687B93.1D9A8%epmeyer50(a)msn.com:
>
>
>>>
>>
>> I wonder how much GM paid for that "study".
>>
>>
>
>
>
> GM didn't have to pay anything. Barack simply made a few phone calls,
> and...
>
Got hung up on numerous times because he wasn't in the "old boys
network".


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From: Mike Hunter on
GM and anyone else can get a definitive copy of the J D Powers surveys by
subscribing to their services. The ratings, as a list, is released to the
media


"E. Meyer" <epmeyer50(a)msn.com> wrote in message
news:C8687B93.1D9A8%epmeyer50(a)msn.com...
> On 7/17/10 11:59 PM, in article
> 0a89c99a-88f0-4b34-b02c-5a97c8ef728c(a)q21g2000prm.googlegroups.com, "john"
> <johngdole(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> "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.
>>
>> http://www.freep.com/article/20100715/BUSINESS01/100715036/1210/BUSINESS01/U.S
>> .-automotive-brands-outpace-rivals-in-new-J.D.-Power-survey
>>
>>
>>
>
> I wonder how much GM paid for that "study".
>


From: C. E. White on

"E. Meyer" <epmeyer50(a)msn.com> wrote in message
news:C8687B93.1D9A8%epmeyer50(a)msn.com...

>> http://www.freep.com/article/20100715/BUSINESS01/100715036/1210/BUSINESS01/U.S
>> .-automotive-brands-outpace-rivals-in-new-J.D.-Power-survey
>
> I wonder how much GM paid for that "study".

So was Toyota paying for years when they were at the top of this same
"study?" I have to love the Toyota drones sense of perspective. Apparently
they think if you are not on your knees kissing Toyota's butt you are in the
pay of someone else. Get a clue - Toyota is just another just another car
company out to separate you from your money just like GM.



Ed White