31 Quotes by David Champion

It's a bit of a wakeup call for Nissan. I'm sure they are working extremely hard to improve these vehicles. They really need to put all those problems to bed.

It's a bit of a wake-up call for Nissan. I'm sure they are working extremely hard to improve these vehicles. They really need to put all those problems to bed.

It's an unrealistic sales and marketing tool that they are actually using. They are saying you're going to get 35 miles per gallon and you're really only going to get 21.

Domestic vehicles have made substantial advances, Ford is doing better than GM and Chrysler, but new model launches are not as good. We are seeing many more electronic features, and that's the biggest trouble area readers tell us about.

The automobile has probably got the worst environment for electronics. They're very dry, very dusty; or very hot and humid; or very cold and wet.

It's better than nothing, but not by much.

Once GM gets to average reliability on our scores, they seem to take the emphasis off continual improvement. We see other manufacturers that are mortified by an average score. It's a different mind-set.

The E.P.A. test was developed in the 1970's and is not reflective of the way cars are driven today.

The electrical and electronic features tend to be problematic, so they could be causing a leveling off of reliability even though the rest of the car is getting more reliable.