Here is another of these penis shrinkers, the latest J.D. Power evaluation used to find the best medsize luxury sporty car.
Now, J.D. Power is not exactly the fountain of performance knowledge or performance evaluation. Instead, J.D. Power is concerned with buyers satisfaction and anticipated perception of the cars being evaluated. Even though this is more along the lines of Consumer Reports, it is nevertheless quite significant because it readily translates into convenient marketing tool, used by automakers to promote their products.
For this year, Corvette C7 made the list, not because of its greatness but because of its sales figures. The latest Corvette generation was placed in the luxury midsize sporty (high performance) vehicles and was lumped together with Porsche 911, Mercedes SL class and Jaguar F type. Seems like the most suitable group for Corvette since Juechter's suggestion as a supercar is not significant commercially, not generating enough sales.
So how did this latest generation, with "world class interior", higher quality fit and finish and amazing new technologies (claims made by Juechter and GM advertising department, not this blog) fare while being compared with the other cars?
Certainly, if any credibility would be given to mouthpiece Juechter and others, this should be a clean sweep for C7, right? Nothing could be further from the truth unfortunately and as a matter of fact, J.D. Power found the newest generation of Corvette a true pile of shit, awarding it the shockingly low ratings, roughly ONE HALF of the winner, Porsche 911.
they should have come out and just said DONT BUY the vette because it may or may not leave the dealership under its own power,and there is an 85% chance that the motor blows up or the trans,stops working.
ReplyDeleteLOL, they actually did so buyer beware for sure. Too bad the Corvette buyers refuse to acknowledge the reality.
DeleteCorvette buyers are "the glass is half full" types who will look at the review and say, "Well, at least it got a rating half as good as the Porsche." It could have been worse.........
DeleteI wish I could escape reality with the kind of ease C7 buyers do. Whatever they're smoking, drinking, poppin', snorting, or injecting, I want some right fucking now!!!! Why should they have all the fun??? Who do they think they are anyway??? Hording all the good shit for themselves. Bastards.
DeleteAll you need is some GM kool aid and you'd be a happy camper. GM really needs to figure out how to contribute to J.D. Power, way cheaper than improving anything on the car, LOL.
DeleteThat is strange, I thought J D Power was GM. They always award GM for best "initial" quality, which is a joke. All cars today are good when new(except for one)
ReplyDeleteGives you an idea how much of a piece of shit this latest generation of Corvette really is... The lipstick they slapped on the plastic pig is of the cheapest variety.
DeleteThe C7 got more than lipstick. It got the Caitlyn Jenner treatment..............
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