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XR_Strider_GuY · 11-07-2002, 01:50

Got this little snipet from The Sun Herald November 3, 2002.

Japan Aces Germans
Quote" They may live in the land that is home to Porsche, Mercedes-Benz, Audi and BMW, but German drivers are happiest at the wheel of a Japanese car, according to market research group JD Power, which conducted a survey of 15,000 German car owners."

Don't know how accurate it is but just thought i'd post it as i thought that was somethign interesting. I would of thought that they'd be happy with there German cars.

Guess the sales would tell the real story.

xacoupe · 11-07-2002, 02:21

there is a lot of the Driving An Imported Car syndrome too ... Beemers and Mercs may be good cars... but to the germans they are domestic....

rsgerry · 11-07-2002, 02:50

the JD Power survey asks owners of cars what they think of the dealer service, the cars reliability, performance, economy, how well it does its job, any break down problems and how those are fixed.

top gear do one every year, and the last one i saw had a vauxhall dinky 4wd come last out of about 130 cars. vuaxhall performed really badly due to poor dealer service and reliability. then they got the 4wd, backed up a muck spreader and sprayed this car with shit

"lets do to vauxhall what they have been doing to us"

marine1 · 11-07-2002, 05:08

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Originally posted by xa-coupe
there is a lot of the Driving An Imported Car syndrome too ... Beemers and Mercs may be good cars... but to the germans they are domestic....

Merc and BMW = Ford and Holden in Germany

Fairlane Boy · 11-07-2002, 15:21

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Originally posted by marine1
Merc and BMW = Ford and Holden in Germany

yeah, but with 100x the technology