The Buick Envision was the top-rated compact SUV in the 2021 J.D. Power Vehicle Dependability Study.
The J.D. Power Vehicle Dependability Study measures the number of problems per 100 vehicles experienced during the past 12 months by original owners of three-year-old vehicles, assigning them a related ‘PP100’ score. It then uses this data to rank automakers and vehicle models based on their dependability, with a lower score reflecting superior reliability. The study covers 177 specific problems grouped into eight major vehicle categories ranging from in-car entertainment to engine/transmission, driving experience and seating, among others.
The Buick Envision topped the ‘Compact SUV’ segment in the 2021 J.D. Power Vehicle Dependability Study, finishing ahead of the Toyota RAV4 in second and the Subaru Forester in third. This study would have measured the dependability of the previous-generation Buick Envision, as it is based on survey data from owners of three-year-old vehicles. The first-generation Buick Envision, introduced for the 2016 model year, rides on the GM D2 platform and was offered with a 2.5L LCV I4 as the base engine and a more powerful turbocharged 2.0L LTG I4 as an option.
By comparison, the second-generation 2021 Buick Envision, which debuted last May, rides on the newer GM E2 platform, which it shares with the Cadillac XT4. A turbocharged 2.0L LSY I4 engine comes standard and is mated to the GM nine-speed automatic transmission. Like the first-gen model, the new Envision will be produced solely at SAIC-GM Jinqiao South plant just outside of Shanghai, China.
GM will want to pay close attention to how the Envision’s technology performs if it wants it to stay at the top of the Compact SUV segment in future iterations of this study. According to J.D. Power, many of today’s vehicle problems are related to poorly functioning/buggy technology rather than engine, transmission or drivetrain-related issues. Poorly functioning tech not only affects its performance in this study, the industry watchdog says, but can also affect an automaker’s overall view of the vehicle and their likelihood they will return to the brand.
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Waiting for the boomers to storm in and show their daily stunt of yelling “eViL cOmMuNiSt product” 😉
TurboZ: I guess I would be considered a boomer (??), but I’m not one to bash the China thing. I’m one who certainly understands that this is a world market now and GM would be totally stupid to ignore China and that market. I am also one who feels GM (and others) should build everything they can in the USA if and when they can. But for me the bottom line is where the profits go and the origin of the company. When I’m buying a car, here’s my priority list:
1. American brand (profits stay in USA) built/assembled in the USA.
2. American brand (profits stay in USA) but assembled outside the USA.
3. Import brand, but assembled within the USA. Not a Japanese brand.
4. I’ll walk or buy a Harley Davidson.
I tend to buy from companies that employ my neighbors and support my community. Nissan employs Tennesseans (I am one). Ford employs Mexicans. Honda employs Ohioans, GM hires Chinese and Koreans. Hyundai employs a whole lot of Alabamians. Toyota employs Texans and others. Meredes, a lot of Carolinians.
All of those people in turn shop at local stores, which in turn provide more LOCAL jobs.
Oversimplified, sure, but, there it is.
As for where the profits go: lift the phone and call the stock broker of your choice. You can buy all the Honda, Toyota, Hyundai, Merceces/Daimler, and Stellantis/FCA stock you want. Your share of the profits go to you.
TGG: That’s all fine, but you conveniently left out one HUGE fact: GM and Ford employ more American’s. Also, the Chinese and Korean ties with GM are quite global in nature. Those are large markets for GM and they have partnerships in those countries unlike the Japanese.
Has anyone on this site ever asked the question as to why GM and Ford sell so few vehicles in Japan? It may have been years ago I admit, but when I was in Japan I asked them why there are little to no GM vehicles there. The answer? From the mouth of Japanese citizens: Because the Japanese government taxes them so high that it makes the cars too expensive to buy. I proceeded to ask more about this and was told that the Japanese don’t want US brand cars in their country. At that time I did more research on this matter and found that if the US taxed Japanese brands like they do to us, the price of a Camry would be 3X higher than it was then. I will NEVER forget that along with Pearl Harbor.
So I don’t care if Toyota, Honda, Nissan or any other Japanese brand assembles cars here. Anyone buying one is a sellout to our country.
Oh the irony!
All I hear is the sound of crickets.
But…China…China…China
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Shocking. Apparently, all the CCP spies in the USA of late on student visas, doing that “research” for the mother land within our top Universities across the country, are being extra “loyal” to the CCP and driving that China Envision. Of course they’d rate it best. They have no choice. Oh but 1000 of those CCP “Students” mysteriously went back home last year. Thats gotta effect future sales…..