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| I glanced at the 1999 Consumer Reports Auto Buyers Guide. They recommend
Beetle, Golf III (but mention the IV), Jetta, and Passat. They actually
have a paragraph or two at the beginning of the magazine about how VW
quality is much improved. They rated the Passat as the number one car in
its class. Rate the new beetle just behind the Civic for small cars, but
as number one for two-door hatchbacks. If I remember correctly they
recommended (with a check mark) all four VWs. Also for reliability....the
individal car chart with round circles was very good for the Golf III. The
Passat and Beetle (?) were too new. But, in another chart which ranked the
Passat class cars for reliability...the Passat was fourth!! |
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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. |
| I believe that Consumer Reports IS extremely biased against American cars. You
have to remember that Comsumer Reports (CR) is basing their results on MAILINGS
from their readers, and there is nothing scientific about it. The readership of
CR is made up of import rs. The magazine and the editors are fully aware of
this. |
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Consumer reports may not be perfect, but they provide good, basic info
in their articles. Who else does comparisons on 10-15 products in the
same category? |
