There has been another thread questioning the reliability of the line as a whole..
The good news is that our beloved Lancer is tops in the compact class..
Should include the EVO..

Power's 2003 Initial Quality Study is based on responses from more than 52,000 purchasers and lessees of new 2003 model year cars and trucks surveyed after 90 days of ownership. This is the 17th year that this study has been produced.

Here are the specific category leaders for 2003. Note the vehicle(s) in first position are the overall winners; vehicles on subsequent lines of each category were also mentioned in the J.D. Power press release.





Compact Car

Toyota Prius
Toyota Corolla
Mitsubishi Lancer, Toyota ECHO (tie)

Entry Midsize Car

Chevrolet Malibu
Hyundai Sonata
Pontiac Grand Am

Premium Midsize Car

Mercury Sable
Chevrolet Impala
Buick Regal, Chevrolet Monte Carlo (tie)
Full-Size Car Ford Crown Victoria
Buick LeSabre
Pontiac Bonneville

Entry Luxury Car
Lexus ES 300
Cadillac CTS
Acura TL

Mid Luxury Car

Lexus GS 300/400
Volvo S80
Cadillac DeVille

Premium Luxury Car

Lexus LS 430
Lexus SC 430
Mercedes-Benz SL-Class

Sporty Car

Mazda Miata
Chrysler Sebring Coupe
Dodge Stratus Coupe

Premium Sports Car

Mercedes-Benz SLK
BMW Z4
Honda S2000

Compact Pickup

Mazda B-Series
Ford Ranger
Subaru Baja

Full-Size Pickup

Ford F-Series light duty
Chevrolet Silverado light duty
Dodge Ram heavy duty

Entry SUV

Honda CR-V
Toyota RAV4
Mitsubishi Outlander

Midsize SUV
Toyota Highlander
Nissan Murano
Toyota 4Runner

Full-Size SUV

Chevrolet Suburban
Chevrolet Tahoe
GMC Yukon

Luxury SUV
Lexus RX 300
Lexus LX 470
Infiniti QX4

Compact Van

Oldsmobile Silhouette
Toyota Sienna
Dodge Caravan/Grand Caravan


Source: J.D. Power and Associates

 

I am surprised how many american cars on on the list!!
Wait...is that a good thing?

 

when you make the list, nothings a bad thing IMO. Im more surprised that Honda Civic, or Accord didnt make this list. Guess they arent so Quality as they say they are. ? Or maybe they were just #4 hehe.

 

It's easy to make a car that stays nice for 90 days. The initial quality study is bull****, IMO, as it largely judges if someone bought the right car or not.

 

i filled up one of em surveys............
remember getting a crisp dollar bill in that envelope as well...

 

I really don't see to many domestics more are imports. Which is good.

 

21 of them are Domestics outa 48, that's not that bad considering when you say imports you mean both Japanese and European car companies

 

90 days means nothing at all....ppl are still loving their cars and are biased at this point. I too was wondering about Mitsu reliability. The first car I ever drove was the family car.....a brown/later faded to pinkish brown Mitsubishi Galant 1985........so many problems, the most notable was the shocks went out and it became a low rider, and every speed bump I hit my head would hit the roof. I swore I'd never get a mitsubishi, but this Evo is hard to resist. Anyone else had any crappy mitsu problems?