FR’s experts really dislike CR because of its preference for faux green vehicles.
Those small luxury vehicles are all expensive to maintain, even the reliable ones like Acura and Lexus. Except for Acura and Lexus, they’re mostly bad deals as used cars.
Auto personality has a price.
My father in law never likes what CR prints because he thinks they are biased against GM. The fact is they printed the results of their surveys and Chevy’s for twenty years were junk. They are now a lot better. CR is the only survey company that does not accept money or advertising. They actually go out and buy the appliances and other items they test. Their yearly used car issue is very accurate when it comes to identifying problems with automobiles.
FYI, I had a Lexus SC400 I bought used. It was the only car I ever owned that I sold it for more than I paid for it. The only thing I ever put into it was gasoline, oil and tires.