Consumers Reports Magazine Blacklists Civic And Prius C By Placing On Cars To Avoid List

How can CR blacklist a car? As if everyone reads CR to make a car purchase. That's a crazy assumption.

— LexSucks (View Profile)

Posted on 8/7/2012 1:03:26 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 5   

The "Read Article" link may be to the DFP website, but the article on that site and person who wrote it are with USA Today. The article says its in the September article of Consumer Reports, which seems to me to be the place to start (and end) the matter as it concerns your demand that he provide a link.

— cdoke (View Profile)

Posted on 8/7/2012 1:41:02 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

pretty accurate summation of 5 crappy cars.

— enthusiastx11 (View Profile)

Posted on 8/7/2012 1:14:54 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: -5   

In the September issue, CR takes aim at the five models that "may be on a lot of buyers' shopping lists, but we suggest you steer clear." how, exactly do you interpret 'steer clear'? same thing as a black list or telling people to AVOID the car.

— enthusiastx11 (View Profile)

Posted on 8/7/2012 4:43:54 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: -6   

CR is a paid service, so even if he would link directly to their article, you wouldn't be able to read it.

— TehShibbs (View Profile)

Posted on 8/7/2012 5:39:42 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 0   

"In the September issue, CR takes aim at the five models that "may be on a lot of buyers' shopping lists, but we suggest you steer clear." how, exactly do you interpret 'steer clear'? same thing as a black list or telling people to AVOID the car."

Well hurray to you for managing to dig out one article about it. How about if I find a few CR negative articles about BMW. You want me to do that? But then you probably don't even own one anyway. You just like reading and dreaming about these cars.

— GG123 (View Profile)

Posted on 8/8/2012 9:51:39 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 4   

"CR takes aim at the five models that "may be on a lot of buyers' shopping lists, but we suggest you steer clear.""

"CR takes aim at the five models..." and "We suggest you steer clear." The We part is from Detroit Free press and not CR. Nice way to spin words around.

— monster (View Profile)

Posted on 8/7/2012 2:56:37 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 8   

Whatever CR's reasoning, Honda has surely lost its way with the Civic. The Civic, to me, was always a great, little car that was both fun to drive and looked cool. The current Civic leaves me cold.

— MorePower (View Profile)

Posted on 8/8/2012 1:42:51 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: -2   

And this is why CR is a joke.

The Civic and Prius C might be boring cars, but they're not bad cars. The average consumer will love their value, practicality and quality.

— Willis (View Profile)

Posted on 8/8/2012 7:13:24 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 5   

I think 009 is biased...but here's the article in question word for word (and no it mentions nothing about a "black list":


Five popular cars to avoid
Aug 6, 2012 3:00 PM

Just because a car generates a lot of buzz or is a best seller doesn't mean that it's a good choice for you. The five models here may be on a lot of buyers' shopping lists, but we suggest you steer clear. They didn't perform well in our testing or they suffer from subpar reliability. Either way, there are better choices.

Honda Civic
For years, the Civic has been an iconic small car. But Honda took too many shortcuts in its latest redesign. The Civic is still one of the more reliable and fuel-efficient cars in its class. But the current model suffers from a choppy ride, noisy cabin, vague steering, and mediocre interior quality. The Subaru Impreza, Hyundai Elantra, and Mazda3 are better small cars with similar or better fuel economy.

Jeep Liberty
You might be drawn to this SUV's rugged looks. But that style comes with an equally rugged and unrefined driving experience. The Liberty can tackle tough off-road terrain. But on pavement its ride is unsettled and handling is clumsy. The interior is cramped and cheap feeling. And the engine is noisy and thirsty, getting only 16 mpg overall. All of this has earned it one of the lowest road-test scores of any vehicle we've recently tested. You'll give up some off-road prowess, but the Toyota RAV4 and Subaru Forester are much nicer SUVs overall, with notably better gas mileage.

Toyota Prius C
It's all the buzz: a less expensive Prius with great gas mileage. What more can you ask for? Plenty. Yes, this new subcompact gets a stingy 37 mpg in city driving and 43 mpg overall, 1 mpg shy of the larger Prius hatchback. But all-around quality really drops. Related to the lackluster Toyota Yaris, the Prius C suffers from a stiff ride, noisy cabin, slow acceleration, and cheap-looking interior trim. Though it can't match the C's stellar mpg, the Honda Fit scored much higher in our tests and costs thousands less.

Dodge Grand Caravan
This is one of the best-selling minivans on the market. It's versatile, comfortable, quiet, and well equipped. But according to our annual reliability survey, it's also the most problematic minivan, suffering from numerous reports of squeaks and rattles, loose interior trim, and power-equipment and sliding-door troubles. The Grand Caravan also didn't measure up to its competitors in our testing, delivering unimpressive gas mileage of 17 mpg overall and sloppy at-the-limit handling. We favor the front-wheel-drive Toyota Sienna, which has had better reliability and gets 20 mpg.

Ford Edge (V6)
The stylish lines of this crossover SUV might catch your eye, but we suggest that you keep on looking. In our testing of the V6 all-wheel drive version, we found a jittery ride, pronounced road noise, and distracting controls, especially with the complicated and unintuitive MyFord Touch infotainment sys

— 800over (View Profile)

Posted on 8/8/2012 12:27:59 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: -1   

It's sad that Consumer Reports is trying so hard to win some enthusiast cred that it is dismissing the very paragons of the virtues it has espoused over the years, quality, reliabilty, durability, efficiency. Sad day. The auto trolls from their mothers' basements have won. Let's just all drive BMWs (or pretend to, as we bike to our job at McDonald's).

— thetruth01 (View Profile)

Posted on 8/8/2012 1:51:06 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 3   

The Civic is a bad Civic not a bad car...big difference. Most car company ceos would give their left nut for a bad Civic in their stable. Let's see what happens when the quick fix Civic redo appears in a month or so...

— IhavearedS2000 (View Profile)

Posted on 8/8/2012 10:04:52 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 3