Published today: Consumer Reports' most reliable cars of 2014

[ottchinese]

Subcompact:

1. Honda Fit
2. Hyundai Accent
3. Mazda 2

Mid-size:

1. Subaru Legacy
2. Toyota Camry
3. Mazda 6
Consumer Reports' most reliable cars of 2014
October 30, 2013 8:52 AM

Consumer Reports released its annual vehicle reliability survey Oct. 28. Automakers from Ford to Toyota play close attention to how reliable their new cars are deemed because the results are highly visible to car shoppers and can be used in marketing campaigns to help sway prospective car buyers.

For years, Japanese brands including Toyota, Lexus, Honda, Mazda and Infiniti have dominated the rankings. And while they still comprise a large number of vehicles on the list, those brands are ceding some dominance to Volkswagen's luxury Audi brand and several General Motors brands, led by Buick and GMC. Though the Detroit-based automaker only has two individual cars that rank among the top three in their class, every single one of its cars scored average or better. Volvo cars have also made big strides in the annual survey.

“A lot of people do buy these vehicles just banking on their quality — I’m going to go buy a Honda or a Toyota because I know it’s going to be reliable,” Jake Fisher, director of auto testing at Consumer Reports, said in an interview with Bloomberg News. “Some of our data is showing that’s not the case.”

In fact, Nissan plummeted in the rankings to 22nd among the 28 brands surveyed. But that still proved better than Ford and Lincoln -- they finished behind every brand but Mini. Chrysler's four major brands all fell between 18th and 24th.

The results are Consumer Reports' prediction of the reliability of 2014 model-year cars and trucks based on a survey of readers who own 1.1 million vehicles from the 2011 through 2013 model years. See which cars were most reliable in the 18 different classes.

source: http://www.newsday.com/classifieds/cars/consumer-reports-most-reliable-cars-of-2014-1.6339003#1

 

[暖雨疏]

大家来喷一喷这个报告

 

[atla]

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啊呸～～

 

[little piggy]

Never ever buy Jap car.

 

[ottawa_winter]

Toyota Camry？这report可靠么？

 

[Riven]

我回头写一份CFC最可靠家用车报告。 找几个Dealer要钱去。

 

[ottchinese]

Toyota Camry？这report可靠么？

" ... 1.1 million vehicles " sample size, 统计学可靠性相当显著.

 

[cucapila]

今年是哪年啊？

 

[老华侨]

Subcompact:
1. Honda Fit
2. Hyundai Accent
3. Mazda 2

Mid-size:
1. Subaru Legacy
2. Toyota Camry
3. Mazda 6
Consumer Reports' most reliable cars of 2014
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For years, Japanese brands including Toyota, Lexus, Honda, Mazda and Infiniti have dominated the rankings. And while they still comprise a large number of vehicles on the list, those brands are ceding some dominance to Volkswagen's luxury Audi brand and several General Motors brands, led by Buick and GMC. Though the Detroit-based automaker only has two individual cars that rank among the top three in their class, every single one of its cars scored average or better. Volvo cars have also made big strides in the annual survey.
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The results are Consumer Reports' prediction of the reliability of 2014 model-year cars and trucks based on a survey of readers who own 1.1 million vehicles from the 2011 through 2013 model years. See which cars were most reliable in the 18 different classes.

source: http://www.newsday.com/classifieds/cars/consumer-reports-most-reliable-cars-of-2014-1.6339003#1

LZ的概述、和转引都有问题，与实际的报告有很大出入！

第一、实际的报告首先特别把Camry从被推荐名单里踢出了。这是Global&Mail的转引：
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Toyota Motor Corp.’s reputation for quality took a hit on Monday when influential magazine Consumer Reports pulled its recommendation on three of the Japanese auto maker’s vehicles, including its popular flagship Camry sedan, due to poor crash test results.
While Toyota’s luxury Lexus and namesake brands were ranked most reliable in the U.S. auto industry in Consumer Reports’ annual new-car reliability survey, the magazine said it will no longer recommend the Camry, Prius v model or RAV4 sport utility vehicle because they received “poor” ratings in a crash test started last year by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.
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第二、这次报告特别提出，日本车过去统治前十名的局面被打破了。同样的事情，不同的人却从不同的角度看到自己需要的内容！这个转引，仍然强调“dominated the rankings”！请看“美国在线”：
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For more than a decade Japanese brands have had a lock on most of the top spots on the list, though this year Korean, American and European companies managed to crack the top ten.
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第三、这个报告，是基于2004-2013款的汽车，而不是LZ转引的2011-2013！年代的不同，说明的问题就大了。如果考虑早些年的车款，就不能很好体现近年的变化和进步，就仍然受日本车在90年代、和00年代余威的影响。这是“纽约时报”的内容：
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The report is based on data from 1.1 million 2004-13 model-year vehicles leased or owned by Consumer Reports subscribers. Subscribers were asked whether, in the last year, they had a serious problem with their vehicle that required a visit to the dealer.
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特别值得一提，Consumer Reports有点像中国电影金鸡奖、百花奖中的百花奖。有很强的侧重点。参考而已。特别是，这个报告主要依据consumer reports，但又紧盯IIHS的测试，务必等待其测试结果出炉；另一方面，日本车厂紧跟IIHS的测试标准来设计（不管其测试标准是否有缺陷（如以前的吸能设计））。这样，就构成一个严重影响报告结果的完美循环。