Quality Slips for All-New Models.

ALTHOUGH the perceived quality of all new vehicles continued to improve in the latest Initial Quality Survey by J. D. Power & Associates, the results were not so bright for models that had been significantly redesigned or were new from the wheels up. The quality of these all-new or extensively revamped cars declined by 10 percent in the 2011 Initial Quality Survey, to 122 problems per 100 vehicles from 111 a year earlier. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]