Consumer Reports Says New Mazda6 is Agile
30 Jan 2013, 13:45 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / There's no way to sugar-coat it: the 6 is a make or break model for Mazda in the US. The company has invested a lot of what little money it has into the development of a good mid-size that can ...
Consumer Reports Finds Ford Hybrids Exagerated 47 MPG Claims
7 Dec 2012, 10:18 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / 2012 looked like the year of the hybrid, as Ford, Toyota and Honda all combined brand new four-cylinder engines with electric motors and claimed big figures in terms of economy. In this kind of m...
Consumer Reports Likes the 2013 Civic
3 Dec 2012, 08:28 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The Honda Civic is one of the best selling cars in America... ever, and that means they can’t get a single thing wrong or risk losing customers. But even before a single test drive had been pu...
Consumer Reports Doesn’t Like Cadillac CUE
23 Nov 2012, 09:01 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / We’ve all seen the sci-fi movies in which everything is controlled using hand gestures. We’re actually getting there, as tablets and smartphones are now more advanced than what we could ...
MyFord Touch Still No Good, Says Consumer Reports
24 Aug 2012, 09:36 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The Ford Taurus aims to be a more upscale alternative to that other Blue Oval sedan, the Fusion (which will be sold in Europe virtually unmodified as the Ford Mondeo). However, despite the fact ...
Corvette Named Top American Car by Consumer Reports
28 Feb 2012, 16:48 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The Chevrolet Corvette is on a roll: earlier today GM released the 2011 sales figures, with the 'Vette dominating the luxury sports car market and now it's time for another piece of news t...
Consumers Reports Test: New BMW X3 Yey, Evoque Ney
27 Jan 2012, 13:44 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Consumer Reports has yet again published its relatively thorough test results on a bunch of new vehicles for the US market. The VW Tiguan and Prius V were well received, but we’ll focus on a c...
Consumer Reports Awards Honda Civic Si with “Recommended” Rating
22 Dec 2011, 08:35 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Honda has recently announced that it will introduce the new US Civic’s first facelift ahead of schedule, late next year, after the vehicle receive a wave of negative reviews, headed by Consume...
Chevy Volt Ranks Highest in Consumer Reports Owner Satisfaction Survey
1 Dec 2011, 15:31 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The Chevy Volt has received the highest score in the latest Consumer Reports Owner Satisfaction Survey, proving that it’s much more than a list of promises that looks and sounds good on the sh...
2012 Audi A6: Consumer Reports' Top Midsize Luxury Sedan
24 Nov 2011, 13:52 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Consumer Reports compared a total of four midsize luxury sedan and has named a winner in the 2012 Audi A6, which achieved an Excellent overall test score of 93, the same as the previously tested M37...
2011 Consumer Reports Reliability Survey: Japanese Carmakers Rule, Ford Drops
26 Oct 2011, 14:12 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Consumer Reports has released its annual Car Reliability Study, and the biggest new in 2011 was that ford has dripped a staggering 10 places from 10th overall to 20th this year. This is because the ...
Consumer Reports Hosts Street Survival Program
12 Apr 2011, 13:34 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Regarded as one of the most reliable sources of information when it comes to the ups and downs of every given vehicle, Consumer Reports is getting ready to expand its reach outside its usual domain ...
Consumer Reports Disappointed in Cheap New VW Jetta
7 Apr 2011, 13:05 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Consumer Reports (CR) has set its sights on all automakers this year, and is becoming more and more active in conducting its reviews of new models. Unfortunately for the automakers that hope the car...
Consumer Reports Knocks the Chevy Volt Senseless
1 Mar 2011, 10:20 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The debate surrounding the Chevrolet Volt, centered around the rhetorical question “is it worth it?” entered a new chapter today, after the first results of the tests conducted by qualit...
Ford Betters GM and Chrysler in “Special” Consumer Reports List
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / The February issue of Consumer Reports is bringing a nice little surprise to Ford and its fans. Apparently, from Detroit's Three Musketeers, Ford currently has the nicest model line-up, accordi...
Lexus GX 460 Passes Consumer Reports Retest
7 May 2010, 13:46 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / After Toyota froze sales and recalled the Lexus GX 460 due to a Consumer Reports (CR) magazine announcement saying the car is prone to rollover, the luxury SUV is now back in business. At least from...
Cadillac CTS, Excellent in CR's Book
6 Jan 2010, 15:35 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Consumer Reports' (CR) February 2010 issue presents the Cadillac CTS as the best choice among luxury sedans, after the American built car managed to earn no less than an overall road test score...
Toyota Avalon, "Excellent" in CR Tests
3 Dec 2009, 09:55 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / After several hits below the belt received by Japanese carmaker Toyota from both the NHTSA (the stuck accelerator issue) and IIHS (no Toyota Top Safety Pick this year), it was about time someone did...
Honda Insight Gets Bad CR Review
30 Jun 2009, 09:32 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The acclaimed Honda Insight hybrid seems not to be to the liking of Consumer Reports (CR) engineers who, after testing the vehicle, came to the conclusion that its only worth-mentioning achievement ...