By the way... interesting, NY Times two months ago:
Japanese Autos Lose Ground in Consumer Reports' Reliability Ratings
Funny how times change innit? tw's favorite appliance is no longer Recommended:
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The V-6-equipped Honda Accord and the Nissan Altima, no longer have the consumer advocacy publication’s coveted “Recommended” rating
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Subie wins! With its full-time AWD? Impossible. Ford's complicated engines suck, and so does their in-car electronics. We never mention in-car electronics on the Cellar, except for my Ford Flex review, but this is something that cars are rated for now, and it's important. Oh and Lola, you may now buy a Dodge, but only a little one:
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The 2014 Subaru Forester was the highest-scoring vehicle over all in predicted reliability. Worst-rated was the Ford C-Max Energi plug-in hybrid. The Dodge Dart 2-liter was the top domestic model.
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Even Toy gets hit:
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After performing poorly in the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s new, more stringent small overlap front crash test, the Audi A4, the Toyota Camry, the Toyota RAV4 and the Toyota Prius V were also absent from the list.
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The federal government did lose $10B on GM but it seems not for nothing -- surprise! GMC is now 9th on the list of automakers reliability. That's stunning to me, and I suppose, good news. Meanwhile Nissan fell to 22nd which is bad news.