Used Ford cars command higher prices than other brands

Auto Industry News Ford May 18, 2010 12:00 AMchange overnight – so it is gratifying to see
ShareThisour real-world improvements begin to fully
A new survey shows used Ford cars commandregister with consumers," Jim Farley, Ford's group
higher prices.Higher resale value of Ford cars,vice president of global marketing, said in a news
which has increased by about $3,000 over therelease.
prior year, will take center stage in theFord showed a 7.6 percent improvement on the
automaker's summer marketing campaign.Spring 2010 results compared with Fall 2009 in
This comes after the American carmakerALG's annual Perceived Quality Score survey,
received the largest increase in quality score in aaccording to a Wall Street Journal report.
recent survey conducted by the AutomotiveThe news provider added that while Ford posted
Lease Guide, which measures the perception ofthe biggest gain, it ranked third in overall quality
quality in car brands as a way of determiningscore at 70.5 percent from front runners Honda
resale value.Motor, which scored 83.2 percent and Nissan
"We have made huge strides in vehicle quality inMotor, which received 70.6 percent.
recent years but customer perceptions don't