I can guarantee you they are biased. I was in the new car business for over 30 years, and in the 90's there were a number of models that were sold under different brands that were the same vehicle, just with different emblems and badges. At that time, GM owned part of Toyota, Isuzu and Suzuki. Ford owned part of Nissan, Mazda, Jaguar and Range Rover. Chrysler owned a large part of Mitsubishi. All three of the domestics, sold some models that were built by their foreign partners but with a different model name. There was no difference in the vehicles other than the nameplate....every part was interchangeable....built in the same plants with the same parts and same workers. Consumer Reports would ALWAYS give the import models MUCH higher ratings than the identical domestic counterpart in every category... Quality, Reliability, Expected Repair Costs, and so on. They lost all credibility with anyone in the industry because of that.TxRVer wrote:They have always done that since they don't sell advertising. I don't find there results useful anymore. I've made bad choices based on their suggestions. I also think they are biased.
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