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Which Car Brands Make the Best Vehicles? - Consumer Reports

Spoiler Alert: Ford falls 12 spots to Number 25

How We Rank the Car Brands
The Overall Score for individual models is based on four key factors: the road test, reliability, owner satisfaction, and safety.
For the Road-Test Score, we put the vehicles we buy through more than 50 tests and evaluations.
Predicted Reliability ratings are based on the problems reported by members in 17 trouble areas in CR’s auto surveys.
Owner Satisfaction predictions are based on whether CR members say in our surveys that they’d buy the same vehicle again, if given the chance.
Safety includes an assessment of crash-test results and extra points awarded for vehicles that come with proven safety features standard on all trims.
Green Choices reflect how many tested vehicles from a brand earned the Green Choice designation for being among the cleanest, lowest-emitting passenger vehicles.
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Which Car Brands Make the Best Vehicles? - Consumer Reports

Spoiler Alert: Ford falls 12 spots to Number 25

How We Rank the Car Brands
The Overall Score for individual models is based on four key factors: the road test, reliability, owner satisfaction, and safety.
For the Road-Test Score, we put the vehicles we buy through more than 50 tests and evaluations.
Predicted Reliability ratings are based on the problems reported by members in 17 trouble areas in CR’s auto surveys.
Owner Satisfaction predictions are based on whether CR members say in our surveys that they’d buy the same vehicle again, if given the chance.
Safety includes an assessment of crash-test results and extra points awarded for vehicles that come with proven safety features standard on all trims.
Green Choices reflect how many tested vehicles from a brand earned the Green Choice designation for being among the cleanest, lowest-emitting passenger vehicles.
Why didn't you "spoil alert" the Jeep result too? Competition and all.:devilish::alien:
 

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Why didn't you "spoil alert" the Jeep result too?
Pretty common knowledge that Jeeps suck. But a good analogy...Jeep is as much of a one-trick-pony with Wrangler as Ford is with the F150

Sad ranking for Ford; hard to argue the fact they need to up their game.
 

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Which Car Brands Make the Best Vehicles? - Consumer Reports

Spoiler Alert: Ford falls 12 spots to Number 25

How We Rank the Car Brands
The Overall Score for individual models is based on four key factors: the road test, reliability, owner satisfaction, and safety.
For the Road-Test Score, we put the vehicles we buy through more than 50 tests and evaluations.
Predicted Reliability ratings are based on the problems reported by members in 17 trouble areas in CR’s auto surveys.
Owner Satisfaction predictions are based on whether CR members say in our surveys that they’d buy the same vehicle again, if given the chance.
Safety includes an assessment of crash-test results and extra points awarded for vehicles that come with proven safety features standard on all trims.
Green Choices reflect how many tested vehicles from a brand earned the Green Choice designation for being among the cleanest, lowest-emitting passenger vehicles.
Consumer reports has no idea how to measure this segment of vehicle, and who to ask about the valuation of this segment of vehicle.

If you followed their logic no one would buy a Wrangler, and resale would be a bottomless pit. Meanwhile I just received $11000 from my insurance company for a totaled 2000 Sahara with 155k miles on it: something like 48% depreciation over 20 years.
 

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The nice thing about Consumer Reports is they're pretty even-handed with most comparisons. Enthusiasts don't like them because their metrics aren't for enthusiasts. There's little objective about automotive fandoms outside of theoretical max performance metrics. Hence the disparity between objective valuation and actual valuation for vehicles with a dedicated fanbase (like Jeeps).

Where's the link to the source of their ad revenue? ;)
Consumer Reports, as far as I understand, subsists entirely on membership fees.
 

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Pretty common knowledge that Jeeps suck. But a good analogy...Jeep is as much of a one-trick-pony with Wrangler as Ford is with the F150

Sad ranking for Ford; hard to argue the fact they need to up their game.
I think you forgot about the f-250 and f-350 which are by far the best real full size trucks made.
 

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Is it still Subaru, Genesis and Lexus at the top?
 

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As a former Alfa Romeo owner, I can agree with their last place finish.
I see you've never owned a car of my people, the Yugo. The only car that's instantly twice as reliable if you park at the top of a hill, and has the genius engineering to have a spare tire warmer.

Although, I suppose as Yugo production ended about a decade ago, they probably don't pay enough to be on this list. Kudos to Mazda for paying to get a 1st place finish with CR!

Traditionally, CR dislikes getting its knees dirty through independent journalism, and it turns out they are no choosier than a heroin addict occupying a bathroom stall at the Troubadour.
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