New Vehicle Quality Improves Despite Bumpy Economy

The financial turmoil of the auto industry has not cuased a decrease in vehicle quality. The result has been the exact opposite, this according to  data released Monday by J.D. Power and Associates.

“Vehicle quality is better than it has ever been,” Dave Sargent, J.D. Power’s vice president of automotive research, told the Automotive Press Association when he presented the findings of the 2009 Initial Quality Study. This study measured defects reported by car buyers in the first 90 days of ownership.

“There’s a positive disconnect. There’s no correlation between the financial side of the business and the production side,” said Sargent. “Despite the turbulence on the business side and concern for the future of their own jobs, the people who design and build vehicles are getting on with their jobs and keeping their eye on the ball. That’s remarkable.”

via edmunds AutoObserver