China-built auto quality approaching global brands

Published: 03 Nov 2009 01:36:08 PST

Shanghai, November 3 (Gasgoo.com) The quality of Chinese-built vehicles is catching up to global brands, said a new report by J.D. Power and Associates, a global marketing information services firm. Overall new-vehicle initial quality in China has improved by 14% this year from 2008.

The J.D. Power Asia Pacific 2009 China Initial Quality Study, now in its tenth year, looks into problems experienced by new-vehicle owners within the first two to six months of ownership. Problems are examined in two distinct categories of design quality and production quality, measured by defects and malfunctions.

Overall performance is determined by problems experienced per 100 vehicles (PP100), with a lower rate of problem incidence indicating higher quality. The overall initial quality averaged 178 problems per 100 vehicles in 2009, compared with 207 PP100 in 2008.

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