i know there is a lot of debate on the validity of quality surveys, however, i think they work on a relative basis. here is the link: http://autos.yahoo.com/news/lexus-to...ndability.html
towards the bottom of the article you will see that both mini and scion have improved greatly by comparison.

so far i have owned my mini CMS for about a month, just turned 750 miles, while still early, i haven't had any issues...knock on wood.