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1/5/2009
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One thing I wonder about the Consumer Reports Auto issue. I am a
subscriber and I usually get their surveys on April or May of each year.
So this means that the 1996 Auto issue contains data that was collected
April or May of 1995. This does not seem to provide much data sample of
1995 cars and of course none of 1996. So what is the use of this
data which is one year late? |
| Not one of the 30 best used cars on Consumer Reports 1998 list of CR Good
Bets was an American brand. Twenty-six were Japanese; three were European
sedans; and one was a Japanese car with an American nameplate. All of the CR
Good Bets, covering 1990 through 1996 models, performed well in Consumer
Reports tests over the years and have had a better-than-average overall
reliability. |
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Im going to be car shopping soon, and was thinking of putting
down the $20 or so for the Consumer Reports CD-ROM. The thing is I
know which models I have in mind (Honda Civic, Saturn, or Mazda
Protege), and I was planning to use the pricing service to get the
invoice price and wheeling & dealing tips. |
| Hi All,
Even though its generally accepted that Japanese cars are, on average, more
reliable than American brands, I wonder if Consumer Reports magazine is
biased against American car makers.
For example, in the recent April annual auto issue, Saturns SL models did
not receive a Recommended rating (the SC did). Saturn was also not on the
list of recommended used cars and their reliability was rated only about
average for models more than a couple of years old.
I thought Saturn was a more reliable make than CR is suggesting, at least
their reputation and resale value seem to suggest so. Do you all think CR
is telling the truth, or are they biased in favor of Honda, Toyota, and
other Japanese car makers? Your feedback is appreciated.
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Eugene Fan |
| ilya@speakeasy.org (Ilya) wrote in misc.consumers:
Personally, I dont trust consumer reports... they havent been accurate on a
few things (in fact, completely wrong).
On which things has /Consumer Reports/ been completely wrong? Matters
of opinion like various social issues dont count, since right and
wrong are in the eye of the beholder. On what *objective* points has CR
been completely wrong?
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