Cars Are More Dependable Than Ever

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By Stephen Viafore
|  Wednesday, Feb 15, 2012  |  Updated 1:06 PM EDT
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Cars Are More Dependable Than Ever

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Everyday car trouble is at an all-time low according to a study done by J.D. Power & Associates.

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Each year J.D. Power & Associates delivers their data on the most dependable cars. What has experts excited about this year’s report, is that the data shows how cars are safer and more dependable than ever before. The study gives a score for the amount of problems experienced by the original owners of three-year-old vehicles, the lower the number of issues for a specific model the better the score will be. This year’s data shows that the average number of reported problems was 132 per 100 vehicles. This figure is the lowest rate ever recorded by the authors since the studies initial launch in 1990.

To view more detailed information on this study including a list of cars that were on the report, click the link to J.D. Power & Associates website.

Posted Feb 15, 2012
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