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General Motors wins Quality Awards GM Sweeps Premium Midsize Segment in Initial Quality and Top Three Plants in North America DETROIT, May 5, 1999 - General Motors swept the top three spots in the premium midsize car segment and had the top three plants in North America, according to the 1999 J.D. Power and Associates Initial Quality Study released Wednesday.
The Chevrolet Lumina, with just 87 problems per 100 cars, won the premium midsize segment, edging the Buick LeSabre and the Buick Century.
Buick was the No. 2-ranking nameplate in the overall study. Lumina and LeSabre were the only non-luxury cars and the only North American-built cars to finish in the combined car and truck top 10 of fewest problems per 100 vehicles. "There is a lot of good news for GM in this report," said Tom LaSorda, GM vice president of Quality, Reliability and Competitive Operations Implementation. "The sweep in the hyper-competitive midsize segment is especially gratifying because customers are backing up what we have been saying about the quality of our midsize car lineup." GM's Buick City plant in Flint tied with Toyota's Tahara, Japan, plant for Power's Platinum Award for best initial quality at an assembly plant, the first time a GM plant has won the top award. Buick City won the silver award for best assembly plant in North America in 1990. Buick City assembles the LeSabre. New United Motor Manufacturing Inc., GM's joint venture with Toyota in Fremont, Calif., which produces the Chevrolet Prizm and the Toyota Corolla, won the silver award in North American plants, and the Oshawa, Ontario No. 1 car plant, which produces the Lumina and Chevrolet Monte Carlo, won the bronze plant award. Two other GM plants, Oshawa, Ontario No. 2 and Detroit-Hamtramck finished in the North American top 10 list. GM had a total of five second-place finishers: LeSabre, the Saturn SW wagon in compact cars, the Chevrolet Corvette in sports cars, and the Chevrolet Tahoe in the full-size sport-utility segment. The Saab 9-5 placed second in entry luxury.
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