[jjotto]

Trouble is, very few car review sources take reliability into account other than Consumer Reports.

CR has recommended buy ratings for Mercedes M- SUV and C-, E-, and S- sedans, as well as Ford Fusion, Chevy Malibu, and other “American” models.

CR does not differ radically from other publications in their ratings if reliability history is taken into account. Truth is, GM and Chrysler do indeed make a higher percentage of mediocre and poor vehicles than other manufacturers; that’s why the government bailed them out.

[truthguy]

Trouble is, very few car review sources take reliability into account other than Consumer Reports.

Yeah, they have something called "predicted reliability". What a FN joke. US cars have been every bit as reliable as imports over the past 10 years or so. Before that maybe not so much. My Dodge Dakota 2001 has 140K miles with no problems. Great reliability.

CRs methodology is crap, plain and simple. There ratings are so different in every category than Motor Trend, Car and Driver, Road and Track, and a bunch of others. Explain to me how and why CR is so different. How can the Japanese have just about every place in the top 10 in every category? Impossible. CR is a shill for them. That's why. Plus CR simply doesn't factor safety into their ratings. US cars are the best for safety except for the very expensive European cars, but they get no credit for this from CR.

Everyone in the auto industry knows about how horrible CR is. They should stick to Refrigerators, Toasters, and the like. But they probably suck at that as well.

[truthguy]

I could post 50 articles like this about CR if I wanted, but here's a good one.

Don't trust CR

[truthguy]

I could post 50 articles like this about CR if I wanted, but here's a good one.

Don't trust CR