Ford, GM lead industry to best-ever showing in vehicle reliability -- J.D. Power study

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3. JD Power says the only 5 star brand in overall quality is Lexus.

If you disagree with that, stand in line.

I don't trust a site/org. that sells advertising to the very manufacturers that it proposes to "rate."

For ratings information on autos, look for a source that does NOT sell advertising to car manufacturers, like Consumer Reports. In particular, reliability reports should be based on information that is tracked for a number of years, not just two.

That article referenced in the OP is for a group of 2009 cars only. Power's even classes the GM Equinox (a beautiful SUV, BTW) as a "compact" SUV, which it is not. It is over 185 inches long, which is mid-sized, which those of you with small garages know. The reason they class it as a "compact," IMO, is it rates better when compared with "compact" SUVs (which are usually less than 180" long).

I learned a lot when researching vehicles the last couple of years.