David Champion
David Champion
David Champion quotes about
bit call extremely hard improve problems sure
It's a bit of a wake-up call for Nissan. I'm sure they are working extremely hard to improve these vehicles. They really need to put all those problems to bed.
gallon marketing miles per sales saying tool
It's an unrealistic sales and marketing tool that they are actually using. They are saying you're going to get 35 miles per gallon and you're really only going to get 21.
car performance sports
You don't really need to forego practicality to have sports car performance.
actual diesel engine filter french front fry fuel heat holds lines normal rear separate tank vehicle
This is a normal diesel engine in this Jetta. What we've done is in the rear of the vehicle we've put a separate fuel tank that holds the french fry oil. That is transported to the front through these heated lines that use the actual engine heat to heat it. It comes through the filter which is also heated into the valve.
achieved economies epa fuel good ten tested vehicles
Just one in ten of the vehicles we tested achieved fuel economies as good as or better than EPA estimates.
time
I think it's desperately time for a change.
far gallon goes oil
It goes as far on a gallon of french-fry oil as it does on a gallon of diesel. But, of course, the french-fry oil is a lot cheaper.
edge good lost maybe past quite terms toyota
I think they've lost their competitive edge in terms of reliability. In the past we would put them maybe not quite as good as Toyota and Honda, but pretty close.
edge lost terms
I think they've lost their competitive edge in terms of reliability.
brings car control
If the car skids out of control it brings the car back into line.
average emphasis gets gm improvement mortified seem
Once GM gets to average reliability on our scores, they seem to take the emphasis off continual improvement. We see other manufacturers that are mortified by an average score. It's a different mind-set.
cars developed driven reflective test
The E.P.A. test was developed in the 1970's and is not reflective of the way cars are driven today.
car causing electrical electronic features leveling rest tend though
The electrical and electronic features tend to be problematic, so they could be causing a leveling off of reliability even though the rest of the car is getting more reliable.
based best companies electrical putting start systems
All the big electronics companies are based in Japan. So when you start putting a lot of electronics and electrical systems in, I think they probably have the best infrastructure to make the sub-assemblies.