Posted on 02/25/2010 3:25:36 AM PST by Scanian
Honda and Subaru were ranked the best overall car manufacturers in the new Consumer Reports auto survey released yesterday -- but recall-battered Toyota did surprising well, too, coming in a close third.
Honda and Subaru tied for first place with a total score of 77 based on reliability, performance, comfort and utility -- while Toyota was next with a score of 74, the report said.
Hyundai's Elantra SE, which lists for $18,695, was ranked the best small sedan.
The automaker was then followed by Nissan, with an average score of 72. Its Altima, which sells for $23,970, was the family-sedan top pick.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
I wonder which companies are at/near the bottom. /s
This recent witchhunt of Toyota smells an awful lot to me like an all-out blitz my Obama and Union thugs to try to sway consumers away from the Toyota brand name, and into the warm touchy-feely arms of GM.
It’s not gonna work. Pound-for-pound, Toyota still makes a much more reliable and safe auto.
Typical socialist op, find the guy at the top make him the enemy inorder to sell your crap!
This is what happens when actual car owners get to vote. Toyota has made solid products for many years, and the shenanigans coming out of Washington don’t change that. We’ve had our Sienna van since 2004, and we’ve never had a major issue of any kind, and never been left stranded by it. My biggest gripe has been with some of the door seals - annoying, but not unsafe.
Read anything in CR with a HUGE grain of salty skepticism. In my business (high end audio), the “recommendations” of CR is so off base it would be considered as pure Pravda-like propaganda without any basis of truth.
all I will say is Honda FTW
“Not a single American manufacturer cracked the top 10 of overall best manufacturers. Ford came in at No. 11 with an average score of 64. General Motors had a 57 average score and Chrysler an abysmal 46”
ouch
I have a seven year old Tacoma with 70,000+ miles and it still looks and drives like brand new. (Well, except for that little ding on the back bumper.)
CR Sucks.
I wouldn’t believe anything they print.
They long ago dropped any pretense of being objective in favor of all things “green”.
And don’t forget Consumers Union is advocating for Obamacare.
And yet Chrysler makes Jeep and I've never had any trouble with my Jeep.....
Of course there are so many aftermarket parts on the Jeep that you would be hard pressed to know that it was originally manufactured by Chrysler. ";^)
Subaru may be at the top for the tree hugging socialist but Toyota IMHO builds the best product. I never bought a japanese product until my Toyota Sequoia. Best truck/car I’ve ever owned! 140,000 care free miles. I know 6 people with that feel the same way.
When GM became Government Motors last year, we made the decision that they lost our loyalty. It will take a while to get used to, but the Toyota Venza has been wonderful so far. And the gas we are saving is already being noticed. Jeep, and GM lost us, but Toyota may have gained us (we will decide in three years whether to stay Toyota costumers, or try out a new brand).
Buying American is voting for obama...and then kissing his ass.
our highlander is great. i plan on handing it down to my son and
buying a new used one in the near future (i love oxymorons!) anyway,
we’ve owned about five or six american made, dodge.chrysler and ford,
and much prefer our foreign, toyota and bmw.
wife and I bought a sequoia too after we had our third kid. Besides not being good on gas that thing is great, handles and feels rock solid and here in the frozen north, it’s reliable and has never offered up any kind of problem. The only real problem is, you get spoiled, makes it hard to drive anything else heh
Love my Sequoia!
Drives beautifully.
My large family is comfortably seated.
I always make it home when it’s snowing.
Since we switched to Toyota vehicles nearly 5 years ago we have never broken down.
We have not had one major repair expense.
We just take them in for oil changes - upkeep of brakes - and we buy new tires.
The Nissan Altima, dollar for dollar in any way you care to measure, is the best product of its kind on the market.
We had the brake problems on the 2010’s. Acted like a ‘50 ford when the brake fluid was low. Corrected itself in a millisecond! The only way it happened was when I went over a railroad crossing and pressed the brakes to slow down. Both front wheels bounced at the same time. A rare instance!
The problem was fixed right away at the dealer. Computers run almost all of the new cars. They all have glitches from time to time. Common sense and experience will get one thru most of them. The brakes have mechanical back ups.
Do people with any common sense believe that G.M, now owned by the unions and the “0” government would react as Toyota,Mercedes, Honda do? If so, lets go buy the Brooklyn Bridge......
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