Consumer Reports Names Top 10 Picks for American Vehicles
By Chris Weiss
- The new 2011 Mustang GT
After the recent surge in recalls from Japanese rocks like Toyota and Honda, there’s likely more than a few people that are revisiting American vehicles. Providing a gauge as to which American vehicles are the best choices, Consumer Reports has released its top 10 list of American models. To qualify as a top pick, the vehicles must be near the top-of-class in CR’s rankings, must have average or better reliablility, must have performed well in government or insurance rollover rating (if tested) and must provide electronic stability control as standard or readily available.
Ford continues to enjoy its reputation for American quality, taking home seven of the top 10 spots. The Ford Focus is CR’s pick for top “small car” and the Mustang GT wins for “sporty car”. Chevy also takes home a couple of spots, including the Silverado for “pickup truck”. We’re not going to steal all of Consumer Reports thunder, so check out the full list on its website. [CR via AutoBlog]
Sunday, February 28, 2010 5:30PM
Jon Linkov (Consumer Reports) LIED on ABC’s Good Morning on camera. I QUOTE John: “the Lexus LS460L goes through avoidance maneuver very well.” (See provided link for interview) This is an out and out lie on the part of John. This is where Consumer Reports continues to favor their GEM Toyota brand. After highly recommending the dangerous Toyota Corolla, a vehicles that is up for potential recall because owners are scared to drive them on the highway because of documented light and vague steering (Consumer Reports words), Consumer Reports dare to TOP RATE the Lexus LS460 which posted the lowest speeds in CRs AVOIDANCE MANUEVER. (See test results for yourself, John lied on camera)
The test failed by the Lexus LS460L is Consumer Reports ACCIDENT AVAOINDANCE MANUVER
Consumer Reports top rated (CRs almost perfect final score on the Lexus LS 460L 99 out of a 100) Lexus LS posted the poorest speed in Consumer Reports avoidance maneuver. In other words Consumer Reports highest rated vehicle is not capable of avoiding an accident. CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS??? I quote Consumer Reports on a summary of the test in which the Lexus obtained the poorest safety score:
QUOTE OF CONSUMER REPORTS AVOIDANCE MANUVER DESCRIPTION ************** A vehicle with good braking and emergency handling can help you avoid an accident. Here are the highs and lows in our dry braking test (from 60 mph) and avoidance maneuver which helps us judge how capable a vehicle is when a driver is trying to steer around an obstacle; the higher the speed the better END QUOTE ************** THE LEXUS LS 460L obtained the lowest speed of any sedan sold for personal use in America @ 48.5 MPH. John from Consumer Reports is a LIAR and lied on ABC’s Good Morning America about CRs GEM Lexus.
Consumer Reports final test scores derived for each vehicle is biased toward their customer base. Auto writers can manipulate the results since they do not have to show the work that led to the final scoring of a vehicle. The Toyota Corolla (dangerous cruise ship handling) and the Lexus LS460L with the lowest accident avoidance scores prove Consumer Reports is still up to the their usual shenanigans They target the demographics of their customer base (selling magazines is job # 1 at Consumer Reports). Consumer Reports reliably data is a non random survey like reputable institutions like J. D. Powers. Consumer Reports surveys are CR is member only survey. In other words you have to purchase a biased magazine that constantly ranks on domestic vehicles in order be fill out the cult survey. CRs reliability data never correlates with non-biased random surveys. When data is compared, CRs data is always tainted toward the direction of the big 3 (Toyota, Nissan, Honda)
Let’s all remember Consumer Reports recommended Toyotas for days after Toyota started the recall
Link to see Jon Linkov Consumer Reports lie on TV
http://blogs.consumerreports.org/cars/2010/02/con…
Sunday, April 11, 2010 11:26PM
i think american cars are the prettiest cars on the road all toyota cars are ugly and gross, i dont see wats all the fuse about them, i think if you were to buy a cadillac, cheverolet, or a ford, i think you would find it 10 times better than a disgusting foreighn piece of crap made car like a toyota! take that you nasty japs and your ugly cars, GM will soon take the lead again as ruler of the american road!