NEW YORK, June 23 /PRNewswire/ -- The newly released annual J.D. Power and Associates Automotive Initial Quality Survey shows a closing gap between foreign and domestic cars. Over the last two decades, foreign automakers have developed a reputation for producing better cars than their North American competitors -- often outranking them in overall value.

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But despite years of struggling to compete with their overseas competitors, this year's survey shows General Motors equal to Toyota and Honda in quality and going head-to-head with most other brands. In fact, according to J.D. Power, the only category imports still have a lead over the domestic manufacturers is in Crossovers; but that may soon come to an end as well, as Chevrolet, Ford, Lincoln and Cadillac all roll out new and redesigned Crossovers in the coming months.

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