Edit: While I'm still dubious about these metrics I was ranting about an entirely different company here. Sorry. A very similar report has been making the rounds recently from JD Power, probably part of a marketing campaign of some sort. The JD Power list is even more hilarious because it is book-ended by two brands: Dodge and Chrysler. Also it suggests Alfa Romeo for reliability.
https://www.cars.com/articles/2023-j-d-power-initial-quality...This is just "initial quality" which has always been a bullshit metric invented by JD Power to sound good in automaker advertising.
The way it works is for the first 90 days of ownership every problem that bothers the owner counts as one point. So expensive cars that cater to fussy people score poorly compared to cars bought by people who only care about reliability and getting from point a to point b and don't pay attention to their car. Also, there is no weighting to the issues.
So you might have a situation like:
CR: So what problems did you find in the first three months of owning this expensive luxury car?
Owner: The glovebox latch is too loud and the heated seats heat up from the back first instead of the front first like I prefer and the power mirrors adjust too quickly.
CR: Ok, that's three points.
CR: Next person, what problems did you have?
Owner: Well, the rear wheel fell off after about 50 miles and after I owned it a couple of months it burst into flame on the highway.
CR: I'll mark that as two points.