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Pretty simple - it seems ?

If you're dissatisfied with the results, just make'm up and put out a press release ?

http://pressroom.toyota.com/Releases...T2008060482973

Toyota and Lexus Garner Key Awards In J.D. Power and Associates Initial Quality Study Two New North American Plants Earn Gold & Silver Awards With Fewest Defects

06/04/2008

June 4, 2008 - Torrance, CA - Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc., and Toyota Engineering and Manufacturing, North America (TEMA) today garnered key awards in the 2008 J. D. Power and Associates Initial Quality StudySM, announced at a press conference in Detroit.

Toyota improved by eight problems per 100 (PP100) and two ranking positions over last year. Tied for fourth place among all industry nameplates, Toyota was the best-performing full-line nameplate and best- performing non-premium nameplate in the 2008 IQS.

Lexus LS ranked first among all segment winners in this year's survey with the fewest PP100, at 68, an all-time low for segment winners in the IQS study.

NOPE.

Porsche not Lexus, had the best score at 67 for the 911 and therefore 'we' guess..... - given the rest of this erronous National Press Release - that's been wrong for 2 days already - with no correction on your part - Porsche can therefore claim to have produced "an all time low for segment winners in the IQS study".

That of course, doesn't count the three days to a week you had the report sitting on your desk before J D Powers press release.

From J D Powers et al ;

http://www.jdpower.com/corporate/new...spx?ID=2008063

2008 IQS Ranking Highlights
Honda models capture three segment awards—more than any other nameplate in the 2008 study—for the Civic, CR-V and Fit. Garnering two segment awards each are: Chevrolet (Malibu and Silverado LD); Dodge (Dakota and Durango); Infiniti (EX-Series and M-Series); Lexus (LS and RX); and Mercedes-Benz (CLK-Class and E-Class).

The Porsche 911 has the fewest quality problems in the industry, with just 67 problems per 100 vehicles.

Also receiving segment awards are the Ford E-Series, LincolnNavigator, MazdaMX-5 Miata, PontiacGrand Prix Sedan and ToyotaSequoia.

“In past years, automakers have frequently struggled to achieve very high initial quality with new models,” said Sargent.

“With product launches and redesigns often being problematic for manufacturers from a quality standpoint, it is particularly impressive that the Chevrolet Malibu and Infiniti EX-Series achieve such high levels of quality that they receive awards in their launch year.”

For a third consecutive year, Porsche tops the overall nameplate rankings, averaging 87 PP100.

Following in the rankings are Infiniti (which improves from 9th rank position in 2007), Lexus, Mercedes-Benz and Toyota, respectively. Audi posts the largest improvement in ranking, moving from 26th place in 2007 to 10th in 2008.

“Porsche continues its steady improvement and has succeeded in distancing itself from the second-ranked nameplate to a greater degree in 2008—by a gap of 11 PP100—compared with 3 PP100 in 2007,” said Sargent.

Maybe those last two set them off ????

Unless of course, J D Powers is wrong.