On Wednesday, JD Powers released their annual list of today’s most appealing automotive brands. Taken from an extensive consumer survey, the list was topped by Porsche, Jaguar, and Audi.
Porsche’s victory marks a decade long dominance of the U.S. Automotive Performance, Execution and Layout study. In the study, buyers rate models and brands that they find most satisfying and appealing in 77 different categories.
Moving out from under the shadow of the premium market, Hyundai was the highest rated mainstream brand, followed closely by Volkswagen and Chevy. Hyundai’s win in the mainstream market was its first and a huge victory for the company.
Overall scores were pretty much on par with previous years, minus one category of course: gas mileage.
In an interview with Renee Stephens- vice president for U.S. automotive at JD Power- said in a statement, “Despite improvements this year, fuel economy continues to be the lowest-scoring category in the study by a wide margin.”
Below are the complete brand rankings and scores (the top score possible is 1000):
Porsche: 882
Jaguar: 862
Audi: 858
Land Rover: 853
BMW: 849
Lexus: 844
Mercedes-Benz: 842
Lincoln: 835
Cadillac: 826
Infiniti: 826
Acura: 814
Volvo: 812
Hyundai: 804
Ram: 800
Volkswagen: 796
INDUSTRY AVERAGE: 794
Buick: 792
Chevrolet: 791
GMC: 791
Kia: 791
Dodge: 790
Mazda: 790
Ford: 789
Nissan: 786
Chrysler: 783
Honda: 783
Toyota: 783
Scion: 779
Fiat: 786
Subaru: 766
Jeep: 762
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