Consumer Reports Unveils Its Top 10 List Of Popular & Top Picks

I used to care what they posted on Consumer Reports, did you notice the Prius on there top picks? Does that model have brakes?

Regardless of what happened that car remains the very best hybrid on the market today.

The Prius is the most efficient hybrid that you can buy today, but stone age as to what has been done even 6-7 years ago.Its really not that great. The safety ratings are not high enough for me to consider it for my family.

Remember, the enthusiast is a minority.

Most buyers turn to Consumer Reports if they want a solid, reliable vehicle.

well what would be your picks?

Surprised to see the Golf GTI picked, as the DSG is simply a reliability nightmare.

At least CR doesn't accept advertising money and they're actually and physically testing their products, be it car or washing machine. Which is a lot more than I can say for Autospies (which just compile articles from other journalist and true auto spies). Ooops, sorry, Autospies is the best in publishing ii) exclusive picture of auto shows 1 day before its official opening and ii) exclusive picture of the cars given to them at demo days sponsored by the car mfr. As far as CR's weighting of performance vs reliability/quality, all I can say is that there are consumers that put more weight on performance and there are consumers that put more weight on non-performance criteria.

Does anyone remember Consumer Reports suggested the Toyota Matrix was reliable and didn't suggest the Vibe, that was like 2007? Then after they said that they were both reliable,
they never mentioned the oil sludge problems Toyota was having, It was huge, I dare any of you Toyota sheep to Google it, A former Toyota service manager told me about the oil sludge problem too, Consumer reports said nothing! All I saw was suggestions,that was like 2007?
The truth is not a democracy, a quote from the late Pope, it fits here,lol Why are people so defensive about what they drive? If there are quality issues there are quality issues, deboosting will not make it go away. Again After all the Toyota cover ups I no longer trust Consumer Reports.

If I google weapons of mass destruction it'll tell me Iraq still has them somewhere.....

Consumer reports doesn't talk to service departments. They get ALL of their info from people who own the cars. Either the sludge problem was below average, or the people who owned them didn't know about/didn't report it. Either way all manufacturers are treated the same. They test the cars and wait for the comments to come in.

Remember CR or JD Power are all based on consumer opinion or perceived quality. Thus the human factor is not taken out of these assessments.

With the small differential between car problems (see JDPower) it is hard to discern whether there is actually a significant difference in reliability between any of todays cars!

I guess your vote doesn't count then either?...you believe the next president should be chosen by scientists? CR is democracry in action. The reliability is based on peoples experiences with the cars, not their "opinion". They get asked how many problems they have with the cars and how they like the car....having a high desireability score won't get you a recommended score if you're reliability or safety is low. For example the FJ Cruiser is one of the most reliable SUV's but CR won't recommend it because it scores too low in the testing.