Report: Quality of Chinese-made cars up 14%

Published: 02 Nov 2009 01:02:01 PST

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The quality of China-made vehicles has improved 14 percent from a year earlier, according to the J.D. Power Asia Pacific, Inc.'s 2009 Chinese vehicles IQS (Initial Quality Study).

In 2009, every 100 cars made in China had 178 problems, down 14 percent year-on-year, with a score of 258, compared with last year's 318. The gap in scores between domestically-made vehicles and international brand vehicles dropped to 116 from 396 in 2000. The lower the score mark, the smaller the frequency of failure for the vehicle.

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Chery's QQ3 and QQ6 got the lowest marks as compact car and high-end compact car respectively. Toyota's REIZ got the lowest score of 60 among all the tested cars.

Agencies and Shi Jierui contributed to this story

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