| The Mercury Milan has ranked first in the
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| | Midsize multi-activity vehicle
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| competitive midsize car segment while the
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| | Toyota 4Runner
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| Pontiac Grand Prix ranked first among
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| | Toyota Highlander (total)
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| large cars in the 2007 J.D. Power and
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| | Mercury Mountaineer
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| Associates Initial Quality Study released
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| | Large multi-activity vehicle
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| Tuesday last week.
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| | Toyota Sequoia
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| Segment winners
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| | Chevrolet Suburban
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| 2007 J.D. Power Initial Quality Study,
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| | GMC Yukon (total)
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| top three models by category
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| | Midsize premium multi-activity vehicle
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| Subcompact car
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| | Lexus RX350/RX 400h (total)
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| Kia Rio and Kia Rio5
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| | Lincoln MKX
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| Honda Fit
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| | Lexus GX 470
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| Hyundai Accent (total)
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| | Large premium multi-activity vehicle
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| Compact car
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| | Lincoln Mark LT
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| Honda Civic
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| | Lincoln Navigator
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| Toyota Corolla
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| | Hummer H2
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| Hyundai Elantra Sedan
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| | Large pickup
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| Compact sporty car
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| | Chevrolet Silverado Classic HD
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| Mazda MX-5
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| | Ford F-150 LD
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| Scion tC
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| | GMC Sierra LD
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| Subaru Impreza (total)
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| | Mid-size pickup
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| Compact premium sporty car
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| | Toyota Tacoma
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| Porsche Boxter
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| | Honda Ridgeline
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| Mercedes-Benz CLK-Class
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| | Dodge Dakota
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| Mercedes-Benz SLK-Class
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| | Van
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| Entry premium car
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| | Chevrolet Express (total)
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| Lincoln MKZ
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| | Kia Sedona
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| Acura TSX
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| | Ford E-Series
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| Cadillac CTS
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| | Source: J.D. Power and Associates
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| Midsize premium
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| | This also marks the first time since 1998
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| Mercedes-Benz E-Class (total)
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| | that Ford Motor Co. has unseated Toyota
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| Lexus GS series (total)
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| | from the top spot, grabbing more
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| Infiniti M-Series (tie)
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| | individual awards than any other
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| Volvo S80 (tie)
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| | automaker. The Dearborn automaker ranked
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| Large premium car
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| | highest in five of 19 segments in this
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| Audi A8 (tie)
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| | year's survey.
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| Mercedes-Benz S-Class (tie)
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| | Ford earned segment awards for the Ford
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| Lexus LS 460
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| | Mustang, Lincoln Mark LT, Lincoln MKZ,
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| Premium sporty
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| | Mercury Milan and Mazda MX-5 Miata.
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| Mercedes-Benz SL-Class
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| | Mazda, maker of top of the line Mazda
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| Porsche 911 (total)
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| | wheel hub, is 33.4 percent owned by Ford.
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| Lexus SC 430
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| | J.D. Power has also given the Platinum
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| Midsize sporty car
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| | Plant Quality Award for producing
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| Ford Mustang
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| | vehicles with the fewest defects to
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| Toyota Solara (total)
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| | Ford's Wixom Assembly Plant in Michigan,
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| Chevrolet Monte Carlo
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| | which stopped making cars last May 31.
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| Midsize car
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| | The Detroit-area plant produced the
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| Mercury Milan
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| | Lincoln Town Car, which averages 35
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| Honda Accord (total)
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| | problems per 100 vehicles. Plant awards
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| Ford Fusion (tie)
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| | are based solely on defect counts.
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| Mistubishi Galant (tie)
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| | Other honorees among North and South
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| Large car
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| | American plants were the General Motors
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| Pontiac Grand Prix
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| | Oshawa 2 plant in Ontario, Canada --
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| Toyota Avalon
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| | which produces the Buick LaCrosse and
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| Ford Five Hundred (tie)
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| | Pontiac Grand Prix, for the Silver Plant
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| Mercury Montego (tie)
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| | Quality Award; and American Honda's East
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| Compact multi-activity vehicle
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| | Liberty, Ohio, plant, which produces the
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| Honda CR-V
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| | Honda Civic Sedan and Honda Element, for
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| Nissan Xterra
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| | the Bronze Plant Quality Award.
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| Hyundai Tucson
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