Consumer Reports has long been a burr under the Big Three's saddle. The influential magazine has consistently rated domestic vehicles well below their Asian competitors. This year, for the first time, Japanese makes were named the top vehicle in all 10 categories.
Lori Queen, a GM executive for small cars, couldn't take it anymore. In an e-mail exchange with Automotive News, she wrote that the editors and reporters who put together the Consumer Reports auto issue are "the most unprofessional group of people I have ever worked with."
She added: "They are totally nonobjective and go to great extremes to paint a picture for their paid subscription readers, who primarily buy Japanese cars.
"They don't consider price or price differences, they don't consider model mix or consumer preferences, they buy the cheapest car they can find (generally), and then base all their opinions on a limited sample."
Queen may have been upset with the mag's brutal assessment of the Chevrolet Cobalt, which was developed under her watch.
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