Quality study: SA's best and worst

[USZA]

Research company Synovate has released the findings of its Quality Studies for 2008, with passenger cars showing their best results since the survey was first introduced in 1992.

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[BCO]

There's that VW "quality" again.

 

[mikeyb]

Looks like the top three in SA are Toyota, BMW and Merc.

 

[BCO]

Honda didn't participate in this year's study AFAIK. Otherwise, they would have come first again.

 

[supersunbird]

Poor FIAT haha

 

[LancelotSA]

And what I find most interesting, and what no one has mentioned yet, is the often knocked Renault brand coming in third :

Best Volume Passenger Car Brand Overall
Gold: Toyota
Silver: Chevrolet
Bronze: Renault

And then for good measure the Megane gets silver in the "top sedan" section. He who laughs last....

 

[supersunbird]

And what I find most interesting, and what no one has mentioned yet, is the often knocked Renault brand coming in third :



And then for good measure the Megane gets silver in the "top sedan" section. He who laughs last....

Now lets wait for the parts and maintenance studies...

 

[Alan]

Honda didn't participate in this year's study AFAIK. Otherwise, they would have come first again.

Of course

 

[LancelotSA]

Now lets wait for the parts and maintenance studies...

...been done already by Kinsey!

 

[supersunbird]

This years one? And?

 

[LancelotSA]

This years one? And?

Well unfortunately this year's one only has the Renault Clio basket and you can see that it is not much more expensive as a percentage of vehicle value at 28.23% when compared to VW Polo (26.92%), Ford Fiesta (26.97%), Honda Jazz (27.81%), with the Mazda 2 a lot worse at 33.91%...

If you go back to the March 2006 Renault specific report you will see that this same pattern is followed across the whole Renault range. I have said on another thread it appears to be perception and a lot of heresy that drives this myth...

http://www.kinsey.valueweb.co.za/

 

[Claymore]

I like the way Land Rover manages to get worst and second-best in the same category.

 

[iDenTiTy]

I like the way Land Rover manages to get worst and second-best in the same category.

Perhaps it's because they are effectively both TATA and Land Rover?

Dunno. But maybe...

 

[JungleRumble]

Landrover has not done well in these studies for some time.

I am surprised with Chev's results. They have done quite well for Dawoos.

 

[Claymore]

Perhaps it's because they are effectively both TATA and Land Rover?

No, I think it's because the Defender is seriously old tech, while the Disco 3 is much more modern, and designed with modern quality processes. The Discovery 2 and 3 have been really decent vehicles.