“While brand rankings can guide you to the showroom, it is critical to look at reliability for specific models before making a purchase decision,” said Jake Fisher, senior director of Consumer Reports’ Auto Test Center. “Even within high-ranking companies, there can be significant variation ...
In a separate announcement, Consumer Reports also named BMW the best overall car brand for 2023, followed by Suburu, Mini, Lexus and Honda. Consumer Reports named Buick the top U.S. car brand. The car market has been on a roller-coaster in recent years, exacerbated by a severe semiconduct...
Biggest ranking drop:Honda, Chrysler, Volvo, and Tesla. A partial excerpt with the top rankings are below: Despite providing these brand rankings, Consumer Reports recommends that you shop by vehicle and not just by brand. Some brands like Toyota and Lexus are reliable across the brand, but o...
Last week we looked at Consumer Reports’ newly published ranking of themost reliable car brands in 2020. Earlier this week, we highlighted those individual models that earned thehighest predicted reliability rating in the annual CR survey, which saw the magazine pick the brains of some 329,000 ...
Reliability is a key factor in Consumer Reports' ranking of itstop 10 vehicles for 2024, an increasingly important feature as car prices soar. The product testing and research group's latest vehicle picks arrive as more automakers are rolling out electric cars, from EVs to plug-in...
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Tesla is one of the least reliable used car makers in the United States, according to Consumer Reports’ first-ever brand ranking for used cars focused on the reliability of 5- to 10-year-old models. The maker of the Model 3 and Model Y is just three points away from the bottom of ...
Last week we looked at Consumer Reports’ newly publishedranking of the most reliable car brands in 2020. Their brand ranking, which saw Mazda surpass Toyota and Lexus this year in a bit of a shock result, is based on the average score accumulated by all of a brand’s models. ...
DETROIT (AP) — Electric vehicles have proved far less reliable, on average, than gasoline-powered cars, trucks and SUVs, according to the latest survey by Consumer Reports, which found that EVs from the 2021 through 2023 model years encountered ne...
I see people in this forum citing the same survey-based results when they support Tesla, like the brand being #1 in Owner Satisfaction according to CR. And I bet CR ranking the Model 3 as #1 was met with the same reception. When it flips, suddenly CR is the b...