What do many consumers consider when buying a car? Looks, space, power, configuration, control or retention rate? Perhaps these factors mentioned above will be considered, but there is one factor that can never be ignored, that is, the reliability of the vehicle. Reliability is related to the maintenance and maintenance costs after buying a car, and there is a direct relationship between the cost of using the car. Speaking of reliability, the most recognized organization in the industry is J.D. Power, which has been around for many years, has good experience and data extraction, and most importantly, fairness and justice. It is worth mentioning that it is also a world-renowned third-party market consulting and research institution.
Recently, J.D.Power released the 2022 automotive reliability ranking of the US market. Many people think of vehicle reliability, they will think of Japanese brands such as Toyota and Honda, and luxury brands will naturally think of Lexus, Mercedes-Benz, BMW, etc., but they are not. So what is the reliability ranking of more than a dozen this year? Let's take a look.
The J.D. Power announced the 2022 car reliability results of the US market, the average score reached 192, which also means that those who do not reach 192 are below the average score, which means that these brands have a lot of room for improvement in reliability, and the cost may increase for consumers to buy cars and follow-up cars. Above the average line, relatively better, the failure rate of these brands will generally be relatively low. So let's take a look at their specific scores and rankings.
The average line of the list is 192, there are 17 brands above the average line, and in the top three of the list, Korean brands occupy two seats, which are ranked first and third Kia and Hyundai, with scores of 145 and 148 respectively. It is worth mentioning that although the performance in the domestic market is not good, in the global market, especially in the North American market, Kia is still performing well, with global sales of 2.78 million vehicles in 2021, an increase of 6.5% year-on-year.
The second place is the Buick brand, which has a score of 147, and Buick has a high degree of recognition because it is an American brand, especially in the North American market. The Korean brands represented by Kia and Hyundai are also very popular in the North American market, not only that, the Korean high-end luxury brand Genisais also performed well, its score is 155, ranking fourth, and even pressure Lexus, which is known for its reliability.
In the global market known for its reliability of the Toyota brand, this performance is average, it scored 158, only ranked fifth, even not as good as the modern high-end brand Genises, to know that Toyota is still one of the best selling brands in the global market.
Toyota's high-end brand Lexus ranked sixth with a score of 159.
In fact, in the North American market, Lexus is still one of the most popular luxury brands, and its models including Lexus ES, RX, NX, etc. are very popular in the US market.
Luxury brands above average include Porsche, Dodge, Cadillac, MINI, Lincoln, BMW and GMC, which have a score of 162-192. American brands such as Chevrolet and Ford, as well as Japanese brands such as Mazda and Mitsubishi, have also entered above the average line. These brands of cars are also very popular in the North American market, so these brands often put their debut models in the North American market for the first time.
Brands such as Volkswagen, Honda, and Nissan, which sell well in China, are below the average of 192 in the 2022 list, and their scores are 217, 230 and 205, respectively.
Not only that, Nissan and Honda's high-end brands Infiniti and Acura, the reliability performance in the US market is very poor, the scores are 228 and 244, both below the average line, to know that last year's Acura reliability not only ranked in the top ten, but also ranked before BMW and other luxury brands, not to mention Jaguar, Chrysler and so on.
Volkswagen has been the global champion in car sales for the past few years, mainly due to its outstanding performance in the domestic market. But in the North American market, Volkswagen's performance is average, especially in terms of reliability, the past few years have not been very ideal, this year's Volkswagen score is 217, not as good as Nissan's 205, or even worse than JEEP, which is also the normal performance of Volkswagen in the US market. Although the Domestic Brand has no presence in the domestic market, its performance in the U.S. market is still good, and its 201 score is close to the average line.
In addition, Subaru scored 226 and RAM scored 266. Luxury brand Mercedes-Benz is also below the average line, with a score of 195, infinitely close to the average. In addition, audi 232, Jaguar 233, Chrysler 240, Alfa Romeo 245, Volvo 256, are all below average.
It is worth mentioning that Land Rover still continued its worst reliability performance, and in the 2022 list, Land Rover's reliability score reached 284, far below the average of 192, not only this year, Land Rover has been ranked at the bottom of this reliability list for many years.
No wonder it is not welcomed in the domestic market, in fact, in the American market, Land Rover's reputation is not so good, even in the global market, if it is not because of the Chinese market, land Rover brand will be bankrupt. Localization of Land Rover in terms of quality control is still not improving, in overseas markets, Land Rover is also known for poor reliability, small problems and many.