Big 3 close perception gap with Asian rivals

[Bruce Nunnally]

The playing field is leveling just in time for Detroit's automakers.

In an Associated Press-Gfk poll likely to spur heated debate, more Americans say they now believe the cars and trucks coming from the likes of General Motors Co., Ford Motor Co. and Chrysler Group LLC deliver better quality than their Asian rivals -- an encouraging turnaround that probably says as much about the stumbles of recall-plagued Toyota Motor Corp. as it does the long-time-coming resurgence of Detroit.

From The Detroit News: http://www.detnews.com/article/20100422/OPINION03/4220422/1431/OPINION0351/Big-3-close-perception-gap-with-Asian-rivals#ixzz0lqQwrdMo