{"id":138894,"date":"2019-08-13T16:32:58","date_gmt":"2019-08-13T20:32:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thedetroitbureau.com\/?p=138894"},"modified":"2019-08-14T09:52:03","modified_gmt":"2019-08-14T13:52:03","slug":"the-people-have-spoken-lincoln-ram-and-nissan-take-top-honors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/2019\/08\/the-people-have-spoken-lincoln-ram-and-nissan-take-top-honors\/","title":{"rendered":"The People Have Spoken: Lincoln, Ram and Nissan Take Top Honors"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Lincoln Navigator earned AutoPacific’s Highest Satisfaction Premium Vehicle award.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Few industries see the disparity between the best quality vehicles and the brands most favored by consumers like the automotive industry does.<\/p>\n

That difference came to the fore again as AutoPacific announced its 2019 Vehicle Satisfaction Award winners: Lincoln, Ram and Nissan all took top honors.<\/p>\n

The Lincoln Navigator was the top overall vehicle in the awards while the Lincoln brand moved up from fifth place last year to take top honors for Highest Satisfaction Premium Brand. Ram took the title of Highest Satisfaction Popular Brand.<\/p>\n

(Subaru, Lexus Top J.D. Power’s 2019 Brand Loyalty Study)<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

“For 23 years, AutoPacific has been providing true unbiased insight into which vehicles are giving their owners the most satisfying experience,” said AutoPacific president\u00a0George Peterson in a statement.<\/p>\n

AutoPacific’s Vehicle Satisfaction Awards objectively measure owner satisfaction with 32 separate attributes ranging from driving performance to seating comfort and interior design. Ratings are based solely on owner input. Designed to give a complete view of respondent\u2019s feelings about their vehicles, the VSAs include importance ratings in the VSA score calculation.<\/p>\n

Nissan nabbed the most wins in individual categories with six. The Japanese automaker took three wins in the passenger vehicle and three in the light truck segments. It was the third year in a row that Nissan led the study in overall wins.<\/p>\n

The six winners included: Maxima, Altima, Armada, Murano and Rogue for Nissan and Q60 for Infiniti. The Murano (5th\u00a0year in a row) and Maxima (4th\u00a0year in a row) continue to be unbeatable since their redesigns entered the market in 2015 and 2016, respectively.<\/p>\n

“Even with new competition this year in the all-new Subaru Ascent, Volkswagen Atlas and Lexus ES, the Murano and Maxima came out on top,” said Peterson.<\/p>\n

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The 2019 Maxima was one of Nissan’s six winners.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Here are winners in the passenger car category:<\/p>\n