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China Car Quality Improves Dramatically
The quality gap between China's domestic makes and locally produced foreign brands narrowed significantly this year, according to a J.D.
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The quality gap between China's domestic makes and locally produced foreign brands narrowed significantly this year, according to a J.D. Power and Associates survey.
Like the widely followed U.S. analysis, Power's 14-year-old China study rates vehicles according to the number of problems per 100 vehicles reported in the first year of ownership.
Power says domestic Chinese cars averaged 155 problems per 100 vehicles this year, down from 212 in 2012. Locally produced foreign brands averaged 104 problems this year compared with 117 last year.
Power notes that the 51-point gap between domestic and foreign brands this year compares with a 396-problem difference in 2000.
The top-ranked domestic brands this year are Trumphci (GAC Motor), Venucia (Dongfeng Motor), Roewe (SAIC Motor) and Luxgen (Dongfeng-Yulon Motor).
Among locally assembled foreign brands, South Korean models averaged about 85 problems per 100 units. Japanese brands averaged 104 problems, and European and U.S. brands averaged 108 problems.
Power based this year's results on surveys of 21,200 owners representing 213 models and 65 brands.
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