Consumer Reports
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The Tesla Model S P85D, the highest-performance and most expensive version of the all-electric luxury sedan, has earned even more plaudits and compliments from Consumer Reports magazine. The P85D, in fact, "performed better in our tests than any other car ever has," the publication said this morning. In fact, it did so well, that it broke the Consumer Reports Ratings system, in the magazine's own words. DON'T MISS: Consumer Reports: Tesla Model S 'Best Overall' Again In 2015 (Feb 2015) An early-morning press release from the consumer periodical played up the "breaking the system" aspect...
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Consumer Reports: Used Nissan Leafs Can Be A Good Value
Used Nissan Leaf prices are very low right now, Consumer Reports says.
Stephen Edelstein -
Consumer Reports: Tesla Model S 'Best Overall' Again In 2015
Well, Tesla Motors seems to have done it again. For the second year in a row, Consumer Reports has named the Tesla Model S its "Best Overall" vehicle to buy for 2015. DON'T MISS: Consumer Reports: Tesla Model S Electric Car Is 'Best Overall' Vehicle (Feb 2014) As the well-regarded consumer magazine...
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Consumer Reports Rates Tesla Service Tops Among Carmakers
Tesla service was ranked top among carmakers in Consumer Reports' annual survey.
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Tesla Model S Tops Consumer Reports Customer Satisfaction Index, Again
The Tesla Model S tops the Consumer Reports customer satisfaction rankings for the second year in a row.
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Tesla News: Model S Warranty, Gigafactory Fight, New Roadster Battery (VIDEO)
The Silicon Valley electric-car maker Tesla Motors seems to be in the news almost every day. Over the last two weeks, the company faced fallout over glitches in early Model S cars, and upgraded its powertrain warranty. It also turned the screws on states competing for its multibillion-dollar...
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Consumer Reports tallies reliability issues with its 2012 Tesla Model S.
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Used Toyota, Ford Hybrids Score Well In Consumer Reports' Best Used Car List
There are many reasons to recommend a hybrid car--the easy driving experience, the gas mileage, even the shove of an electrically-assisted engine in some sportier models. But it's reassuring to know they make equally good used buys as they do when brand new, whatever your budget. The latest list of...
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Here's Why Electric Cars Will Succeed: Owners Just Adore Them
Imagine you're a carmaker, and you found you could build a type of vehicle that customers all absolutely adored. Not just liked. Not just said, "Yeah, it's fine, it does what I need"--but out-and-out loved, cherished, talked about incessantly, and recommended to everyone they met, all the time...
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Consumer Reports: Tesla Model S Electric Car Is 'Best Overall' Vehicle
The Tesla Model S was named Best Overall car, while the Toyota Prius once again took Best Green Car honors.
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Tesla Already Among Top 10 Car Brands In Consumer Reports Survey
Image is vitally important to car brands. It's what makes people want your vehicles. A strong image leads to healthy brand perception, and that spreads. It even allows people to overlook the odd fault here and there, easing your company through rough patches. Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] has done much...
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2013 Tesla Model S Electric Car: Consumer Reports Still In Love
After a year of driving, Consumer Reports is still enamored with the Tesla Model S.
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The Toyota Prius was named 'Best New-Car Value" by Consumer Reports.
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Consumer Reports Verdict: 2014 Cadillac ELR 'Priced Out Of Its League'
The Cadillac ELR extended-range electric car is too expensive, Consumer Reports says.
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Consumer Reports Says Tesla Model S Customer Satisfaction Highest
Tesla might have had a bad day this week, but every cloud has a silver lining. While the NHTSA rebukes it for reporting a five-plus star crash test rating and the company suffers the departure of sales supremo George Blankenship, Model S customers couldn't be happier. In fact, their customer...
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Toyota Prius V Loses 'Recommended' Rating From Consumer Reports
Receiving a 'Recommended' rating from the journalists at Consumer Reports isn't the only automotive accolade to aim for, but it's certainly one of the biggest. Losing that Recommended rating is therefore something to be avoided. It's also something the Toyota Prius V wagon has failed to avoid...
Antony Ingram -
Ford To Lower Disputed C-Max Hybrid Gas Mileage Estimates: Report
Ford will lower the 47-mpg gas mileage rating for its C-Max Hybrid hatchback, a much-disputed metric that was never backed up by real-world owner experience. Soon after the cars launched a year ago, widespread media coverage--on this site and Consumer Reports, among others--indicated that owners...
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Consumer Reports On Tesla Model S: Best Test Car Since 2007
Wow. Chalk up another huge accolade for the Tesla Model S electric car: Consumer Reports has awarded it 99 out of 100 points, and said it's the best car the magazine has tested since 2007. In fact, the magazine's descriptions of the luxury sport sedan brim with adjectives. The Tesla Model S "is...
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Automaker Honda used to be the darling of Consumer Reports, with its models perpetually scoring better than average in CR testing. The 2012 Honda Civic dampened the publication’s enthusiasm for the Honda brand; it was the first Honda Civic we can recall that wasn’t recommended by CR, thanks largely to a redesign rushed to market to cut costs. Now comes word from Consumer Reports that earlier Honda Civic Hybrid models, previously deemed reliable, may suffer from premature high-voltage battery pack failures. As Autoguide explains, the April issue of Consumer Reports contains a look...
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Consumer Reports Likes Fiat 500e: Still A Compliance Car, Sadly
Some electric cars aren't as good as we hoped--Coda Sedan, cough--while others are better than we expected. That latter group includes the 2013 Honda Fit EV and, now, according to Consumer Reports, the 2014 Fiat 500e. The battery electric conversion of Fiat's perky little 500 hatchback is powerful...
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Electric-Car Maker Tesla Gains In Brand Awareness
If you're reading this, you probably already know a little bit about Tesla. Brainchild of entrepreneur Elon Musk, producer of electric vehicles, and upstart in the automotive market, Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] has been one of the highest-profile new brands of recent years. That high profile has done...
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Tesla Model S To Be Evaluated By Consumer Reports
Let's hope that the Tesla Model S fares better than the Fisker Karma did. That's the first thought that sprang to mind when we heard the news that Consumer Reports had bought its very own Model S all-electric sport sedan to test. The respected consumer testing magazine notoriously savaged the...
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2013 Ford Fusion Hybrid: 39 MPG In Consumer Reports Test
All eyes are on Ford at the moment, following criticism that its hybrid models aren't getting anywhere near official EPA gas mileage. Consumer Reports has confirmed this, with the result of its testing on the 2013 Ford Fusion Hybrid returning a bittersweet 39 mpg figure. On the one hand, 39 mpg is...
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Consumer Reports: New Ford Hybrids Don't Meet Mileage Ratings
it's always nice when the big boys say, "You're right." We reported three weeks ago that Ford's new 2013 hybrids were not achieving their 47-mpg EPA gas mileage rating in real-world usage. Now Consumer Reports has confirmed that finding, based on its own testing, in videos and a blog post published...
John Voelcker