yeah, the new grand cherokee, wrangler, dodge charger/chrysler 300 and challenger are just such bad cars!
I'm actually a huge Mopar fan, especially E-bodies ever since a friend got me hooked with his collection and I've owned two of their products in the past. Yet I'm objective enough to do research and pay a small fee for access to services like Consumer Reports. If I had to by domestic, it would be Ford.
Chrysler and Jeep has come in dead last on brand reliability on several occasions, an honor only held by the Hummer marque before we unsuccessfully tried to cast that off to China. It's only fairly recently that Fiat, the majority owner of Chrysler, has slowly improved reliability but it still falls shy of industry leaders. Certainly their products are better than their older versions, but its not much of an accomplishment until you at least put out a product that is better than the average. Who wants to buy an average product? It's ironic that it took the "Fix It Again Tony" company to improve quality of Mopar. This is after GM and Chrysler took money from our pockets to "fix" their failures.
Let see what CS reports...
Jeep Grand Cherokee: 71 out of 100 points the leader ranking 89
jeep Wrangler:
20 out of 100 points, the lowest in the midsized SUV category.
Dodge Charger, an insult to the Charger lineage, 71 out of 100. The leader in the sedan category ranking 92. 71 points is the lowest listed under this category.
Chrysler 300 scores 80 out of 100 in the upscale sedan category, as above 92 being top marks. This is reasonable.
Dodge Challenger, a car I was looking forward as a possible purchase, 67 out of 100 points in the sporty car category, the leader scoring 97. Handles like a slug. Ford and GM make superior handling competition.
