More J.D. Power success for Nissan as Qashqai chalks up another class win

The class leading quality of Nissan's British built models has once again been recognised by the car buying public in the J.D. Power Vehicle Owners Satisfaction Study.

Earlier this month Nissan was celebrating an 11th place overall ranking for the Qashqai in the J.D.Power/What Car? 2009 UK study, and now this achievement has been complemented by a third place rating in the German survey.

Sweeping aside the competition in both the SUV and C-segment classes, the British built cross-over model posted an overall satisfaction rating of 85.8 percent to finish third out of 113 ranked models.

In what is Germany's biggest customer survey, the Qashqai was the only vehicle in the SUV class to score an "excellent" rating. A total of 16,425 drivers of 113 models from 27 brands were interviewed in the Vehicle Owners Satisfaction Study.

J.D. Power calculated the satisfaction of drivers considering quality, desirability, service and costs, attributing a different weight to each of these categories. The Qashqai had outstanding results in mechanics, performance, vehicle body and maintenance costs.

The only Japanese brand in the top five, Nissan's quality has been rated as equal or superior to premium badged rivals.

Senior Vice President, manufacturing, purchasing and supply chain management for Nissan Europe, Trevor Mann comments: "Having the superb quality and owner satisfaction offered by Qashqai recognised in such a significant export market is fantastic news. That Nissan drivers in Germany rate our car's quality as superior to the majority of premium badged German cars is a tribute to the UK's design, engineering and manufacturing expertise."

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Credits: JRC