Infiniti of Scottsdale's G37 Tops List of U.S. News & World Reports' Upscale Cars

Jan. 10, 2009 - PRLog -- With the car business slumping and with car customers exercising more care than ever, U.S. News set about to do a compilation of all available studies, evaluations and rankings.  The factors involved with the study included a consensus of America's top automotive experts. The rankings do not rely on tests by or preferences of U.S. News editors.

They combined two types of information: published reviews from respected automotive critics and ratings data from independent sources.

For each car in the U.S. News rankings, the editors analyzed credible third-party reviews about the car to come up with a score representing what professional critics says about it. The reviews were gathered from major newspapers, magazines websites.  For each third-party review, they scored the car on four different components:

Performance. The performance score represents the reviewer's written assessment of a car's handling, braking, acceleration, ride quality and other qualitative performance measures.
Interior. The interior score represents the reviewer's written assessment of the car's interior comfort, features, cargo space, styling and build quality.
Exterior. The exterior score represents the car's eye-catching appeal and perceived build quality.
Overall Recommendation. The recommendation score represents the overall tone and recommendation level the reviewer places on a car.

In addition to the analysis of professional reviews, U.S News added information of particular interest to consumers, such as safety and reliability data, that isn't part of the critics' qualitative reviews.

Safety. The safety score is based on a compilation of scores from leading safety rating sources, including the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.
Reliability. The reliability score contributing to the U.S. News rankings is the Predicted Reliability rating provided by J.D. Power and Associates. This score is based on trending the past three years of historical initial quality and dependability data from J.D. Power's automotive studies, specifically the Vehicle Dependability Study (VDS) and the Initial Quality Study (IQS).
Awards. Cars that win major automotive industry awards, such as the Motor Trend Car of the Year and North American Car of the Year, receive a bump in their Recommendation score to reflect the importance of these awards

U.S. News combined those scores in a formula that was based on what consumers say matters to them most in a car (what's important to consumers, not what's important to editors and critics). The result was an overall score for each car, which allows the reader to make head-to-head comparisons of cars, ranking them against each other.

In some instances, the overall score is higher or lower than the component scores they display. This is because the Overall Recommendation from reviewers contributed to the calculation of the overall score, but was not displayed as a current component score on the website.

The Infiniti G37, including both the Coupe and the Sedan, ranked #1 on the list of 17 vehicles in 2 of the 5 scored categories - Exterior Appearance and Performance.  Among the other 3 categories, the G37 ranked no lower than 4th.  The Overall Score for the Infinity was 9.4, a full 0.2 ahead of the nearest competitor.

Infiniti will release a hard-top convertible, the G37 Convertible, in April 2009.  The release will be preceded by a special Bloomingdale's Limited Edition G37 Convertible. Orders for the Infiniti Convertible and the Bloomingdale's Edition may be placed at http://www.infinitiofscottsdale.com or by calling 866-374-2645.

Read the entire U.S. News report here:  http://usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/cars-trucks/rankings...

Infiniti of Scottsdale is proud to be DealerRater.com's top-rated retailer of Infiniti vehicles in America.  Founded in 1990, the #1 Arizona Infinity dealer ships vehicles (both new and used) throughout North America and Europe.  Adopting a lavish service policy and aggressive pricing stance has enabled http://www.infinitiofscottsdale.com to become the #1 most visited Infiniti dealer website.

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