| Consumer Reports’ has recently announced | | | | lows of the vehicles tested. The main rationale of |
| their choice of the best carmakers that build the | | | | the CR tests is to show customers that no |
| best cars and leading the pack is Volkswagen is | | | | carmaker is perfect and that there would always |
| Europe’s largest automaker and manufacturer | | | | be flaws on their vehicles. And these |
| of quality VW alternator is together with its | | | | imperfections are what exactly Consumer |
| luxury unit Audi. They are followed by Honda, | | | | Reports wants customers to be aware of before |
| BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Mazda, and Nissan. In the | | | | they decide on purchasing a vehicle. As they say, |
| aspect of reliability the carmakers that scored | | | | prevention is always better than cure. By knowing |
| high include Honda, Subaru, and Toyota. This was | | | | beforehand the defects of certain vehicles will help |
| the result of the Consumer Reports’ latest | | | | customers to make right decisions on which car |
| Annual Car Reliability Survey. Consumer Reports | | | | brand to buy. Consumer Reports’ has use |
| has also provided some explanations why some | | | | Volkswagen as an example stating that the |
| automakers are succeeding while others are | | | | automaker scores high on the various tests |
| wishing for luck. Consumer reports studied its | | | | conducted by CR obtaining an average test score |
| own internal data to determine the various | | | | of 81 but despite that out of the number of VW |
| factors that affects the success rate of the 17 | | | | vehicles tested only 45 percent is recommended |
| major carmakers. Consumer reports has also | | | | for use by Consumer Reports’. Toyota on |
| analyzed the efficiency of vehicles running on | | | | the other hand obtains a less than satisfactory |
| batteries but conducting more than 50 toad tests | | | | average test, scoring only 70 percent but due to |
| coupled with reliability histories. It is based on | | | | the automaker’s consistently high reliability, |
| more than one million vehicles testing. | | | | Consumer Reports recommends 85 percent of its |
| Consumer Reports will recommend you only the | | | | tested vehicles. Consumer Reports also added |
| vehicles which have passed all the possible tests | | | | that if the only consideration for purchasing a |
| conducted by them. To obtain an average | | | | vehicle is performance, safety, and comfort then |
| predicted reliability basing again on the CR’s | | | | Volkswagen is the perfect choice. Volkswagen |
| annual reliability survey. CR also requires for | | | | together with its Audi models do well in terms of |
| vehicles to undergo crash test or at least be | | | | handling, braking, and standard safety features. |
| included in a government rollover test. The report | | | | This seems to be a very unfortunate report. |
| cars will also contain lists of the common high and | | | | |