Top 10 automotive picks On the heals of its auto manufacturer rankings, Consumer Reports (CR) has released its top 10 automotive picks for 2026. Familiar names, such as the Honda Civic and Toyota Camry, abound. Plus two Subaru models, the Forester and Crosstrek, and two Ford models, the F150 and Maverick, make the grade. Making …
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Consumer Reports auto manufacturer rankings for 2026 released
Consumer Reports As they do each year, Consumer Reports has released its list auto manufacturer new vehicle rankings, with Subaru remaining at the top, followed closely by BMW. The latter then ranks first among luxury brands. The group rated cars from 31 brands on reliability, owner satisfaction, safety, and road-test scores. Their list ranks car …
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Article on car battery life offered surprises
Car battery life I recently read an article from Consumer Reports on car battery life to assess whether or not to recommend it to all of you. Well, not only can I recommend it, the article — How to Make Your Car Battery Last Longer — actually offered some surprises. Battery testing The first is …
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Well, Consumer Reports was close
Consumer Reports We often cite Consumer Reports (CR) articles we see on automotive matters, but a recent CR article about one of our favorite topics, electronic locks and latches, sent us back to review our own Get Out page. They were close. We’re talking about getting out of a vehicle equipped with electronic locks and …
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Consumer Reports throws a list of its favorite safety features
Safety features Consumer Reports (CR) recently showed a list of what it calls key safety features to look for in new and used cars. And while we have no specific beef with their list, save one, we thought that three more features should be added. First the CR list: Blind Spot Warning (BSW), along with …
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Ford recalls its recalls
Ford recalls While going through a Consumer Reports piece on recalls they noted a case that required four returns to the dealer to be finally fixed properly. This brought to mind that there seemed to have been a number of Ford recalls in the last few weeks that were repeats. Sure enough, a review of …
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Emergency steering indicators separated from collision warnings
Emergency steering indicators Our Collision Warning Indicators page had grown to be far too cumbersome for easy navigation. To help ease the page’s congestion, we separated Emergency Steering Indicators (right) and gave them their own page. We had already made separate pages for Rear and Side Collision indicators to facilitate this change. We have also …
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