Is Consumer Reports BIASED Or Is It Just Telling The TRUTH? 10 Vehicles CR Says To Steer Clear Of

The Escalade surprises me because I've not seen egregious issues and I'd say the same for the Camaro. In fact, Camaro is pretty solid. I wonder how much pissy owners figures into the mix. If the Escalade is so horrible then why isn't the Tahoe tied with it given that the Escalade is a Tahoe/Suburban.

The Tesla X doesn't surprise me. It's straight garbage.

The Focus and Fiesta get nonstop complaints for their horrible dual-clutch transmissions. Just put a damned real automatic in them and solve the problem. Dual-clutch wannabe automatics are horrid.

Every time I take a dump, I think of the Fiat 500 given the resemblance.

As always “the voice of reason!” Love it!

The Focus and Fiesta dual-clutch 'boxes are probably the worst in the business.

They're not fast and they're not smooth. Should definitely go back to torque converter autos, IMHO.

@00R They are shitacular, but I also despise VW's DSG for the same jerky behavior, but while the DSG is better behaved, it does have its share of total failures right out of warranty.

Oh, I know, Matt.

That's why I tell everyone that will listen to NOT buy a DSG VW. If you want to lease one, go ahead.

Those doors are amazing, drove one for a week, it is completely and utterly addictive.

Those doors are also a safety hazard. Let's say you want to get inside quickly and lock the doors for your family's safety. NOT GONNA HAPPEN. Roll over? NOT GONNA GET OUT.

The doors are not slow to open or close, can be actuated remotely or on the touch screen. There is a manual release cable behind the speaker grille on the falcon wing doors. The center of gravity on the Model X is rather low due to the battery and motors mounted very low. If it does roll all bets are off even in a regular car, hence the need for the jaws of life. The Model X does have the large front windshield, regular hinged front doors and a rear hatch so with the available headroom various egress paths are available.

@vdiv The doors ARE slow. Can you open and shut them as fast as a conventional door? NOPE! There are a tremendous security risk.

A conventional vehicle on its roof still has operational doors. Not all roll overs need the jaws of life and you know it.

I love it when someone tries to refute a point and does so with the lamest of an attempt.

Oh please! If the speed of the doors determines your safety you have bigger issues. If they slammed closed then you'll complain that they are unsafe too.

Also once you roll a car and bend the frame, opening any doors would be precarious at best.

Thanks for the fear-mongering though!

I fully refuted your points and you demonstrated your utter lack of knowledge of car roll overs yet again. The vast majority do not need the jaws of life. Ask anyone in the salvage business.

And please feel free to put your family at risk in a Tesla X. Car jackings are increasingly common among expensive cars that are part and parcel of "nice" neighborhoods.

CR remains a source of some information for purchasing a car - but certainly not ALL.
Yes - they do ask actual consumers - however - the consumers are not exactly a reliable source for that information - actual warranty repairs would be far better.

However - WE who worked in the industry know that often cars are produced to work well enough to get through that Warranty - or the first lease. Many cars have incredibly BAD repair rates just after the end of the warranty - and many three to four year old cars are simply better off in a salvage yard than being resold - even if they never had a problem in the first three years. THe problems the big three german manufacturers cars have after warranty are LEGEND - and make it hard to suggest someone even consider them.

Just as the Crash test provide some information - an intelligent consumer should be prepared to ask the right question - example -there is still NO study that suggests that one can correlate real life accident performance with the very singular controlled tests done and reported on . SO if you regularly get into controlled accidents - with controlled acceleration and braking - and impact at a very precise point of the car - the tests MIGHT be of use - but most real life accidents do not in any way reflect the testing.

100% agree.