Technology issues, often related to touchscreens, negatively impacted some automakers. But the “issue with Tesla is they’re still new at the game of making cars and have trouble with the basics that Ford worked out 100 years ago,” said Fisher. And its electric drivetrain was one of the most reliable among all EVs. Owners gave it strong kudos in the fun-to-drive category. Tesla, the newest entry in the study, landed mid-pack - 17th. Followed, in ascending order, it was followed by Jeep, Jaguar, Alfa Romeo and Mitsubishi. Land Rover, one of the highest-priced among 32 brands covered by the report card, landed dead last, according to CR. And Mazda and Kia also landed in the top 10, noted Fisher, “ensuring that consumers don’t have to sacrifice affordability to get a high-quality car.” Lexus was ranked third, and its mainstream sibling Toyota rounded out the study’s top five.īut Mini, never known as a quality benchmark, ranked second, with Honda ranked fourth. Quality does matter, and brands that traditionally do well in that category stood out in the CR report card. Not exactly a paragon of quality control, Mini placed second on the brands list. And that, Fisher said, is why BMW scored so well, even though it didn’t have the highest quality score in CR’s tests, the brand “builds many high-performing, full-featured and reliable models, so it’s not surprising to see it at the top of our brand rankings.” What’s best?Īs in years past, what’s officially called the Auto Brand Report Card Rankings takes into account a variety of different factors beyond reliability. You may keep your vehicle a long time,” he stressed, and want to make sure it is reliable and fun to drive. It’s a seller’s market (and the) days of deep discounts are gone. The bottom line, said Fisher, is “(i)f you’re buying a new car you need do your research. That meant that some of the most problematic vehicles fall into the luxury category, though some of the latest battery-electric models also were problem-plagued. But there were some problems, especially when it came to some of the new high-tech features becoming ever more commonplace on today’s new vehicles, said Jake Fisher, head of automotive testing for Consumer Reports. The study found that, on the whole, automotive quality is on the rise. BMW was the top brand in Consumer Reports latest auto rankings, in part, due to its owners overlooking glitches because of the performance.

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