Consumer Reports names the best and worst cars by brand
03-06-14, 01:33 PM
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Consumer Reports names the best and worst cars by brand
http://autos.yahoo.com/news/consumer...140000958.html
While car brand reputation can be a strong influence on purchase decisions, such perceptions can be misleading. The reality is, every brand offers models that perform across a spectrum, with some clearly better than others.
As we see in our annual Car Brand Perception survey, how consumers view brands can often be a trailing indicator and not reflect the current reality. To further illustrate this point, we have compiled a list chronicling the best and worst models by brand based on our overall test scores.
The test performance variation differs from brand to brand, with some brands' worst model being still doing rather well, while others span a wide range, making any generalities quite misleading. Take Audi, for example. Even its worst model, the A5, scores a 74 (out of 100) and meets our performance standards, safety, and reliability criteria to be Recommended. Meanwhile, the best Jeep is the Grand Cherokee Limited. It earns 77 points in our tests, only three points more than the worst Audi. But the Jeep Wrangler Unlimited marks the low point in our current ratings, scoring only a 20. The gap between best and worst can be even broader. Chevrolet, for instance, spans from the Impala (95) to the Spark (36).
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The list below includes all brands for which Consumer Reports has tested at least three different models recently, thereby excluding Land Rover, Mini, Ram, Smart, and Tesla.
While car brand reputation can be a strong influence on purchase decisions, such perceptions can be misleading. The reality is, every brand offers models that perform across a spectrum, with some clearly better than others.
As we see in our annual Car Brand Perception survey, how consumers view brands can often be a trailing indicator and not reflect the current reality. To further illustrate this point, we have compiled a list chronicling the best and worst models by brand based on our overall test scores.
The test performance variation differs from brand to brand, with some brands' worst model being still doing rather well, while others span a wide range, making any generalities quite misleading. Take Audi, for example. Even its worst model, the A5, scores a 74 (out of 100) and meets our performance standards, safety, and reliability criteria to be Recommended. Meanwhile, the best Jeep is the Grand Cherokee Limited. It earns 77 points in our tests, only three points more than the worst Audi. But the Jeep Wrangler Unlimited marks the low point in our current ratings, scoring only a 20. The gap between best and worst can be even broader. Chevrolet, for instance, spans from the Impala (95) to the Spark (36).
Check out our 2014 Autos Spotlight for quick access to the latest Ratings, articles, and videos
The list below includes all brands for which Consumer Reports has tested at least three different models recently, thereby excluding Land Rover, Mini, Ram, Smart, and Tesla.
03-06-14, 02:36 PM
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I had to laugh at Fiat. They only send one car here ...... it has to be the best and the worst! 
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03-06-14, 03:14 PM
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03-06-14, 05:05 PM
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thank you CR, for another worthless 'consumer report'. if a vehicle is considered the 'worst' for a brand, that doesn't necessarily make it a bad vehicle overall. and the report provides no way to compare the best of one brand vs another. so really, what's the point? 
03-06-14, 05:42 PM
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03-06-14, 06:43 PM
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its not a huge research project they did....
I take it as...even the best auto manufacturer in the world can build can build an (ever so slightly) sub-par vehicle versus their best rated vehicle.
As we see in our annual Car Brand Perception survey, how consumers view brands can often be a trailing indicator and not reflect the current reality. To further illustrate this point, we have compiled a list chronicling the best and worst models by brand based on our overall test scores.
03-06-14, 07:36 PM
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it does what? 
because there's no scoring, it's not meaningful. if it were scored and a brand had 10 vehicles with scores ranging from 99 to 90, the vehicle scoring 90 is its "worst". if another brand had 10 vehicles with scores ranging from 19 the vehicle scoring 19 is its best. which would you rather have, the best vehicle of a brand scoring 19, or the worst or another brand scoring 90? of course with this report you can't tell or make any such comparisons.
because there's no scoring, it's not meaningful. if it were scored and a brand had 10 vehicles with scores ranging from 99 to 90, the vehicle scoring 90 is its "worst". if another brand had 10 vehicles with scores ranging from 19 the vehicle scoring 19 is its best. which would you rather have, the best vehicle of a brand scoring 19, or the worst or another brand scoring 90? of course with this report you can't tell or make any such comparisons.
03-06-14, 08:05 PM
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because there's no scoring, it's not meaningful. if it were scored and a brand had 10 vehicles with scores ranging from 99 to 90, the vehicle scoring 90 is its "worst". if another brand had 10 vehicles with scores ranging from 19 the vehicle scoring 19 is its best. which would you rather have, the best vehicle of a brand scoring 19, or the worst or another brand scoring 90? of course with this report you can't tell or make any such comparisons.
