Consumer Reports Best & Worst 2007 Cars

[fearturtle44]

I think it is very difficult to rate things like cars. You can't drive a car a couple of hours and make a valid opinion. A car has to be driven for weeks/months in order for the driver to get a feel for the like/dislike. Still lovin' on my Yaris S. Even the radio/sound is better than I thought it would be for a "cheap" car.

With car prices climbing, I will take my 40mpg over a CR highly rated SUV any day.

Kevin

[static808]

Originally Posted by fearturtle44

I think it is very difficult to rate things like cars. You can't drive a car a couple of hours and make a valid opinion. A car has to be driven for weeks/months in order for the driver to get a feel for the like/dislike. Kevin

this is very true. also needed to be taken into consideration is how much weight is being placed on things such as performance, luxury, safety, etc. reviews from mags like Car & Driver and Road & Track can be misleading since theire reviews are very heavily performance based. because of this, hondas will always typically do better than toyotas in those comparisons. we need to place more emphasis on their long term reviews, which shows the true liveability of vehicles. with that said, we ARE all human so we cant help but classify, quantify and compare different things. thats in our inherent nature. but one thing that magazines and reports will never be able to quantify is the level of satisfaction that us yarii owners genuinely have.

--B

[mkaresh]

Originally Posted by static808

this is very true. also needed to be taken into consideration is how much weight is being placed on things such as performance, luxury, safety, etc. reviews from mags like Car & Driver and Road & Track can be misleading since theire reviews are very heavily performance based. because of this, hondas will always typically do better than toyotas in those comparisons. we need to place more emphasis on their long term reviews, which shows the true liveability of vehicles. with that said, we ARE all human so we cant help but classify, quantify and compare different things. thats in our inherent nature. but one thing that magazines and reports will never be able to quantify is the level of satisfaction that us yarii owners genuinely have.

--B

The problem with CR's road test ratings is they don't divulge the weights used to calculate the overall scores. These legitimately vary from person to person, but it's not possible to tell how closely theirs match yours.

Aside from this, I have few issues with their road test ratings. Their reliability research, that's another story. Many major problems of which most people are unaware, starting with the survey. My critique:

Consumer Reports survey critique

A number of people here are already helping me create a superior alternative.

[Yaris]

Originally Posted by MDF

CR should go back to rating toasters ......the Yaris is awesome...