LEXUS STAYS ON COURSE, TOPS DEPENDABILITY LIST : ANALYST'S RANKING BASED ON 4 TO 5 YEARS OF USE.Byline: Brian S The name Brian (sometimes spelled Bryan) comes from an Irish backround. It is of Celtic origin and its meaning may be "hill" or "strong, noble, and high"[1]. . Akre Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. Luxury automakers Lexus, Cadillac Cadillac expensive automobile and status symbol. [Trademarks: Crowley Trade, 83] See : Luxury and Audi make the most dependable vehicles, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. J.D. Power and Associates' latest ranking of how cars and trucks hold up after four to five years of driving. Other high-ranking makes were Infiniti, Lincoln, Acura, Mercedes-Benz, Honda, Buick and Toyota, the Agoura Hills-based market-research firm said Tuesday. The rankings were based on a survey of 21,000 original owners of 1992 model-year cars and trucks who kept their vehicles for four or five years. This year, J.D. Power combined results for cars and light trucks, which include mini-vans, sport utility vehicles This page lists sports utility vehicles currently in production (as of April 2007), as well as past models. The list includes crossover SUVs, Mini SUVs, Compact SUVs and other similar vehicles. and pickups. Chance Parker, director of product research, said that reflects shoppers' new tendency to consider light trucks or mini-vans along with cars. Lexus, the luxury division of Toyota, had led the car ranking for the previous two years. Cadillac moved up from fourth place in last year's car ranking to second in this year's combined car-truck ranking. Audi moved from below average in the 1996 survey to third place this year, but Parker noted the results only reflect the improvements in the one model line that the German automaker sold in 1992: the 100 series. For the first time in the survey's five-year history, J.D. Power also did not publicly release rankings for individual models. Parker noted that many of the models in the survey have been redesigned since 1992. Results of a make's overall performance is more significant, he said. ``If it's been redesigned, we really don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. if the redesigned model is going to be any good,'' Parker said. Parker warned of a growing ``quality gap'' between cars and light trucks - especially mini-vans and sport utilities. TOP MARKS J.D. Power and Associates' ranking of the 10 most-dependable car and truck makes after four or five years of ownership, based on a survey of owners of 1992 models: 1. Lexus 2. Cadillac 3. Audi 4. Infiniti 5. Lincoln 6. Acura 7. Mercedes-Benz 8. Honda 9. Buick 10.Toyota CAPTION(S): Photo, Box Photo: (Color) Audi scores high with models like the A4 1.8 turbo TURBO A clinical trial–The Ultrasound Removal of Blood Clots in Vein Grafts Box: TOP MARKS (See text) |
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