Group Photo Of Ford’s J.D. Power Awards

Some of the quality achievement highlights include:

• Ford Motor Company earned five initial quality model segment awards – more than any other automaker – from J.D. Power and Associates’ Initial Quality Study.
• Ford quality leapt 11 percent, soaring above the industry’s two percent improvement according to a U.S. Global Quality Research System (GQRS) study by RDA Group released in October 2007.
• A GQRS study named six Ford vehicles that ranked best in their segment: Ford Mustang Shelby GT500, Ford E-Series, Mercury Milan, Ford Crown Victoria, Lincoln Mark LT, Mazda MX-5 Miata.
• Twenty Ford vehicles lead their segment in quality.
• Ford received quality accolades from 12 important customer surveys in 2007, including three from J.D. Power and Associates: Initial Quality Study (IQS), the Automotive Performance, Execution and Layout (APEAL) Study and the Vehicle Dependability Study (VDS).
• Ford has quality winners in virtually every major vehicle segment including:
  • Mid-size sporty car - Ford Mustang
  • Mid-size car - Ford Fusion
  • Large car - Ford Five Hundred
  • Van - Ford Econoline
  • Large pickup - Ford F-150 LD
• Eleven of 15 Ford vehicles received quality awards in 2007, and 4 of 5 Lincoln vehicles received quality awards.
• Ford Edge, Ford Explorer Sport Trac and Lincoln MKX were named as top performers in AutoPacific’s Vehicle Satisfaction Award (VSA), an industry benchmark for objectively measuring new-car or light-truck owner satisfaction.
• Ford Fusion, Mercury Milan &Lincoln MKZ have maintained their high quality levels since launching late 2004. And, in 2007 all three models achieved their best quality showing of any first-year vehicle in Ford’s history.