The Occasional Observer

Couldn't let this one from the WSJ go by the boards, not with SingleWing out there...

The good news is that six of those [US] brands -- Buick, Mercury, Lincoln, Cadillac, Ford and Chrysler -- finished above the industry average for problems per 100 vehicles in J.D. Power & Associates' 2009 Vehicle Dependability Study, which was released last week. Buick tied with Jaguar for No. 1 overall, just ahead of Lexus and Toyota.

FWIW, the bad news was that Toyota's brands still placed more cars in each sub-group of the industry.

Still, an impressive showing for the domestics, one that you get the feeling would leave most East Coasters shaking their heads in disbelief.