Consumer Reports - Worst Vehicles

[westcoastGT]

 

[mldavis2]

Not too surprising. However I don't consider Consumer Reports to be car experts. I think they mainly collect repair data and look at resale value which is not always related to the car but more toward consumer opinion and impression.

 

[StingMe]

Consumer Reports obtains its reliability data from an Annual Questionnaire that is sent to subscribers to CR.org and Consumer Reports magazine. In all, we received responses on over 640,000 vehicles in our latest survey.

How Is the Survey Conducted?
The Consumer Reports National Research Center conducts the survey each spring. In the questionnaire, we ask subscribers to note any problems with their cars that occurred in the past 12 months. They are asked to identify problems that they considered serious (because of cost, failure, safety, or downtime). We ask them to include problems covered by warranty, but not the ones resulting from accident damage or due solely to recall. Respondents check off problems from a list of trouble areas, ranging from the engine and transmission to climate system, brakes, electrical system, and power accessories. They also tell us specifically what their experiences were to help us understand precisely what problems they are having.

Consumer Reports' Car Reliability FAQ

 

[AV8R]

Phew I thought you were gonna say Stinger was in it!