Archive for March, 2009
Honda Tops Consumer Reports for 2009
In what’s starting to seem routine, Consumer Reports has released it’s 2009 Auito Issue and once again Honda is at the top of the Auto Maker Report Card. The report card compiles data from autos from all car manuafacturers and the scores are based on road test data and reliability ratings.
Honda, Toyota and Subaru were the top three auto manufacturers overall. Honda fared best overall based on predicted reliability, with only the Element falling slightly short. While the European manufacturers didn’t fare as well overall, they did earn high marks in performance comfort and safety.
For some reason, American auto manufacturers are scored separately (which seems odd and almost unfair). Among them, Ford came out ahead with it’s Flex and F-150 vehicles, and GM managed to get 8 of its vehicles on the Consumer Reports Recommended list.