Detroit’s car quality comeback

Ford and GM’s Chevrolet almost catch up with Toyota in J.D. Power’s quality rankings. Does it matter?

What happened

Ford and Chevrolet all but eliminated a quality gap with Toyota in J.D. Power and Associates’ rankings for new cars and trucks. In all, the 2009 models of GM, Ford, and Chrysler vehicles improved 10 percent, versus an 8 percent quality jump for imports. (Reuters)

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