It is official - the world is bonkers!

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/23-highest-quality-cars-trucks-160018959.html

Thoughts?
Such a quick turn around in quality?
The start of a trend (as Stellantis claims), or a fluke?

"The Ram truck and van brand bested all other automotive brands as the highest quality vehicle lineup for the 2021 model year, according to an influential study."

Here are the 23 highest quality 2021 vehicles in their respective categories, according to J.D. Power:

• Small car: Hyundai Accent
  
  
• Small premium car: BMW 2 Series
  
  
• Compact car: Kia Forte
  
  
• Compact premium car: Lexus RC
  
  
• Premium sporty car: Chevrolet Corvette
  
  
• Midsize car: Nissan Altima
  
  
• Midsize premium car: Cadillac CT5
  
  
• Upper midsize premium car: Genesis G80
  
  
• Large car: Nissan Maxima
  
  
• Small SUV: Kia Soul
  
  
• Small premium SUV: Lexus UX
  
  
• Compact SUV: Kia Sportage
  
  
• Compact premium SUV: BMW X4
  
  
• Midsize SUV: Nissan Murano
  
  
• Midsize premium SUV: Lexus RX
  
  
• Upper midsize SUV: Kia Telluride
  
  
• Upper midsize premium SUV: BMW X6
  
  
• Large SUV: Toyota Sequoia
  
  
• Large premium SUV: BMW X7
  
  
• Minivan: Kia Sedona
  
  
• Midsize pickup: Jeep Gladiator
  
  
• Large light-duty pickup: Toyota Tundra
  
  
• Large heavy-duty pickup: Ram 2500/3500

Here are the highest-quality auto brands for 2021 (ranked by number of problems per 100 vehicles):

• Ram (128)
  
  
• Dodge (139)
  
  
• Lexus (144)
  
  
• Mitsubishi (144)
  
  
• Nissan (146)
  
  
• Kia (147)
  
  
• Genesis (148)
  
  
• Hyundai (149)
  
  
• Jeep (149)
  
  
• Chevrolet (151)
  
  
• Mini (151)
  
  
• Buick (156)
  
  
• Toyota (157)
  
  
• Ford (162)
  
  
• Lincoln (163)
  
  
• Porsche (163)
  
  
• GMC (164)
  
  
• Honda (164)
  
  
• Jaguar (165)
  
  
• BMW (166)
  
  
• Infiniti (170)
  
  
• Cadillac (173)
  
  
• Mazda (177)
  
  
• Subaru (182)
  
  
• Mercedes-Benz (193)
  
  
• Acura (200)
  
  
• Land Rover (200)
  
  
• Alfa Romeo (204)
  
  
• Volvo (210)
  
  
• Volkswagen (213)
  
  
• Tesla (231)*
  
  
• Audi (240)
  
  
• Chrysler (251)
  

 

Not true...those guys must be on something...maybe a lot of smoke in that area

 

Years ago I was always amused to read JD Powers ratings of various GM "cookie cutter" sedans that all came down the same assembly line.

How can one brand be rated much higher quality than another brand when they were built by the same people, with 99% the same parts, in the same factory, at the same time?

Simple...different vehicles have different target customer bases. The customers have different expectations and tend to use the vehicles in very different ways. This affects the JD Power initial quality rankings by a significant margin.

 

This is your answer:

They are just as crooked and corrupt as MotorTrend's various vehicles of the year.

 

They call it a Ram, I still call it a Dodge and three things are for sure in life..

1. Death
2. Taxes
3. Never trust a Dodge

 

My wife and I owned 5 Dodge trucks in a row, all bought new. Then, I bought a '17 Ford F250, new. It was worse...much worse than any of them. Hell, maybe worse than all of them combined!
Then I bought my Tacoma, new, and all is good.

 

I trust a seasoned mechanic over an advertising firm, or news website.

 

The Ram Heavy Duty trucks are nice trucks. I can't claim to know how reliable they are, or if they are a quality product. BMW, GM, and Nissan are suspect and don't think those are great brands when it comes to anything automotive. The 2 series is probably the best vehicle BMW has to offer. I like the Titan XD, it has Raptor lights. GM, no.

 

Paid programming by Dodge....

 

Lol quality has no real metric to a consumer. It has feelings"... take a look at dependability... list looks quite different.

 

We have new rams for work trucks.......pieces of shit. Electrical issues everywhere from minor interior lights/dash not working to ecu issues and spark issues lol.

Had 2012 F250s forever that were awesome. No way would I put ram over toyota ...or even ford lol.

 

This is further proof that 2017 was the greatest year of the Tacoma. It’s all downhill from there. When Mike Sweers presented the 2017 Tacoma as Toyota’s “greatest single truck achievement, and the culmination of my life’s work”, he wasn’t joking.

 

It’s only Tuesday?

 

i think it's that cowboy dude that says Raaayamm all deep and sexy like.

 

I'm not surprised, Jeep figured out how to make a 3rd brake light that doesn't leak while Toyota decided to let their tip of the iceberg float on, hoping it would melt away outside of warranty like the frame

 

When I die, I want you to write my Eulogy.

“Here lies another jackass we made the mistake of knowing……”

 

Stellantis did their homework and made sure problems occurred after 90 days

 

People are getting better pricing on Their Rams and Gladiators. Those vehicles will be rated higher because of the deal.