the San Luis Potosi plant following the stoppage of the Chevrolet Onix, which is now exported into Mexico from the GM Dong Yue plant in Shandong. The Onix is produced for the South American market at the Gravataí plant in Brazil. On June 28, J.D. Power released its 2022 U.S. Initial Quality Study (IQS), with one component ranking the quality of global plants based on the quality rankings of the vehicles they build. GM’s San Luis-Potosi plant r...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/05/19

Hybrid crossover. The Alliston operation has the capacity to produce more than 400,000 vehicles annually in Plants 1 and 2, which build Honda Civic and CR-V models, and 190,000 2.0-liter four cylinder engines annually in Plant 3. On June 28, J.D. Power released its 2022 U.S. Initial Quality Study (IQS), with one component ranking the quality of global plants based on the quality rankings of the vehicles they build. GM’s San Luis-Potosi plant r...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/05/19

n Line #1 for one day, at the Inabe Plant Production Line #1 for 3 days, and at the Yoshiwara Plant Production Lines #1 and #2 for 4 days. Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd. will suspend production at the Kyoto (Oyamazaki) Plant for 3 days. On June 28, J.D. Power released its 2022 U.S. Initial Quality Study (IQS), with one component ranking the quality of global plants based on the quality rankings of the vehicles they build. GM’s San Luis-Potosi plant r...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/05/09

new section of the Tochigi assembly complex, called the Intelligent Factory. Deliveries of the new-generation Nissan Z sports car, also made at the Tochigi plant, have been delayed until summer because of supply chain disruptions. On June 28, J.D. Power released its 2022 U.S. Initial Quality Study (IQS), with one component ranking the quality of global plants based on the quality rankings of the vehicles they build. GM’s San Luis-Potosi plant r...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/04/14

the San Luis Potosi plant following the stoppage of the Chevrolet Onix, which is now exported into Mexico from the GM Dong Yue plant in Shandong. The Onix is produced for the South American market at the Gravataí plant in Brazil. On June 28, J.D. Power released its 2022 U.S. Initial Quality Study (IQS), with one component ranking the quality of global plants based on the quality rankings of the vehicles they build. GM’s San Luis-Potosi plant r...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/03/04

ressed an intention to boost the production and sales from 700,000 to 1.4 million units, and to raise the ratio of middle to high class models to 50 percent from present 26 percent, by 2015. Xu also said that it aims to score high in surveys including Brand Power Index (BPI), Initial Quality Study (IQS), Sales Satisfaction Index (SSI), Customer Satisfaction (CS), Return on Sales (ROS), Market Share (M/S), and Employee Opinion Survey (EOS). Hyunda...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/02/21

MI Assembly to become the country’s first large-scale commercial EV manufacturing plant. Benefitting from these investments, GM Defense is positioned to meet Canadian defense requirements with potential made-in-Canada solutions. On June 28, J.D. Power released its 2022 U.S. Initial Quality Study (IQS), with one component ranking the quality of global plants based on the quality rankings of the vehicles they build. GM’s San Luis-Potosi plant r...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/02/19

2024 China NEV-IQS: REEVs excel in quality On June 6, J.D. Power, a research agency, released the 2024 China New Energy Vehicle Initial Quality Study (NEV-IQS). The study is based on responses from 9,791 vehicle owners who purchased their vehicle between June 2023 and January 2024. The study includes 105 models from 48 different brands, among which 74 have sufficient samples. The study was fielded from December 2023 through March 2024 in 81 citie...

News  Updated at: 2024/06/07

2023 China IQS: GAC Honda and Chery rank highest in respective segments On August 31, J.D. Power, a market research company, officially released the 2023 China Initial Quality Study (IQS). The 2023 study is based on responses from 34,648 owners who purchased their vehicles between June 2022 and March 2023. The study includes 230 models from 48 different brands and data was collected from December 2022 through May 2023 in 81 major cities across Ch...

News  Updated at: 2023/09/06

2023 China NEV-IQS: Multiple models of emerging automakers rank first in their respective market segments On June 1, J.D. Power, a research agency, officially released its 2023 China New Energy Vehicle Initial Quality Study (NEV-IQS). The study is based on responses from 7,191 New Energy Vehicle (NEV) owners who purchased their vehicles between July 2022 and January 2023, and includes 76 models from 36 different brands. The study was fielded from...

News  Updated at: 2023/06/08

J.D. Power’s Initial Vehicle Quality Study shows declines in 2022, Buick tops survey On June 28, J.D. Power released its 2022 U.S. Initial Quality Study (IQS), which showed a sharp decline overall in vehicle quality as worker and supply chain interruptions contributed to vehicle problems reaching a record high in the 36-year history of the study. Compared with 2021 results, the industry experienced an 11% increase in problems per 100 vehicles (...

News  Updated at: 2022/06/29

GM’s San Luis Potosi plant wins J.D. Power’s 2022 Platinum Plant Quality Award, others ranked On June 28, J.D. Power released its 2022 U.S. Initial Quality Study (IQS), with one component ranking the quality of global plants based on the quality rankings of the automotive products built within them.General Motor’s plant in San Luis-Potosi, Mexico, which produces the Chevrolet Equinox and the GMC Terrain, received the overall Platinum Plant ...

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J.D. Power releases 2020 Initial Quality Study of brands, models On June 24, J.D. Power released its 2020 Initial Quality Study (IQS).The study examines problems experienced by owners of new 2020 model-year vehicles during the first 90 days of ownership. Initial quality is determined by the number of problems experienced per 100 vehicles (PP100), with a lower score reflecting higher quality.The overall industry average was 166 problems per 100 ve...

News  Updated at: 2020/06/25

J.D. Power 2020 Initial Quality Study awards top OEM plants based on vehicle defects On June 24, J.D. Power released its 2020 Initial Quality Study (IQS), which ranks brands and individual models based on how many problems (excluding design-related problems) were reported per 100 vehicles (PP100), but also awards manufacturing plants based on problems per 100 vehicles produced there.Based on vehicles in the study, General Motors’ Yantai Dongyue...

News  Updated at: 2020/06/25

J.D. Power 2018 Initial Quality Study shows quality up 4% from 2017, led by Hyundai Group The J.D. Power 2018 Initial Quality Study (IQS) released on June 20 showed new-vehicle quality, measured by the number of problems experienced per 100 vehicles (PP100) during the first 90 days of ownership by 75,712 purchasers in the U.S. improved 4% from 2017 to its best level ever.While vehicle exterior and infotainment problems have decreased the most, d...

News  Updated at: 2018/06/21

Thailand. In particular, this is the second consecutive year for the Ranger Double Cab to receive such awards from J.D. Power. The Ranger Hi-Rider X-Cab achieved the highest rank in the pickup extended cab segment with a score of only 80 PP100, while the Ranger Double Cab fared even better with an IQS score of 60 PP100 in the pickup double cab segment. The Everest outdid the large SUV segment with a mere 56 PP100, denoting the lowest and most at...

News  Updated at: 2017/12/28

New-vehicle quality in India improves significantly over the past five years J.D. Power announced on November 30 that the number of problems reported per 100 vehicles (PP100) by new-vehicle owners has declined over the past five years, with declines reported across all problem categories except heating, ventilation and cooling (HVAC), according to the J.D. Power 2017 India Initial Quality Study (IQS).Overall initial quality averages 95PP100 in 20...

News  Updated at: 2017/12/01

Ford Ranger ranks highest in pick-up double cab segment of J.D. Power 2016 Thailand APEAL and Initial Quality Studies Ford announced on January 19 that the Ranger Double Cab achieved the highest scores in the pick-up double cap segment of both J.D. Power 2016 Thailand Initial Quality Study (IQS) and J.D. Power 2016 Thailand Automotive Performance, Execution and Layout (APEAL) Study. Both of the J.D. Power 2016 Thailand Studies cover 13 different...

News  Updated at: 2017/01/25

2016 registering a growth of 5.2%. Hyundai further added that the launch of all new Elantra and Tucson have created new benchmarks in their respective segments signifying Hyundai as a trend-setter brand in India. Hyundai brands have also scored top rankings in both quality and design parameters in IQS and APEAL studies.  (Hyundai Motor India press release on January 01, 2017)...

News  Updated at: 2017/01/02

J.D. Power releases 2016 Japan Initial Quality Study On August 25, J.D. Power released its 2016 Japan Initial Quality StudySM (IQS).Now in its sixth year, the study measures new-vehicle quality in the first two to nine months of ownership. Vehicle quality is summarized as the number of reported problems per 100 vehicles (PP100), with lower scores reflecting a higher quality performance.Overall initial quality of all Japanese cars improved to 75 P...

News  Updated at: 2016/08/30