This also makes no sense. CR subscribers are more likely to be brand agnostic. CR readers don’t buy Dodges because Dodges suck in general. That’s why you buy CR, to avoid crap like Dodge.

They actually have professional statisticians there. They won’t rate vehicles they don’t have enough data for. Simple.

It is simple. CR doesn’t list all vehicles (or other things they do surveys on). Just the models that generated the most responses. They probably didn’t get much survey data on the Chang-Li reliability, but we know of at least one being driven on the road.

For decades I’ve read folks denigrate Consumer Reports Automotive Testing because they didn’t like their reviews. I have a different perspective.

Do you just make shit up or do you actually have a source for that? Here’s how Consumer Reports says it arrives at its reliability verdict.  Do you have evidence this is a lie?

It’s simple. Intelligent people buy Consumer Reports, but they’re not buying Dodges. Honestly, do you think Dodge buyers read ANYTHING? Do you think Dodge people really give a damn what CR has to say about their cars?

You can’t get bad rankings if you don’t get ranked.

I only consider JD Power awards when car shopping. /s

Data come from subscribers who fill-out surveys about the vehicles they own. I guess not too many Dodge buyers subscribe to CR.

Of note the perennial quality powerhouses of Alfa Romeo Dodge Fiat Jaguar Land Rover Maserati Mitsubishi and Polestar were not included in the rankings.

Oh, man, I can picture it now. T-tops out, Barenaked Ladies in the cassette deck, JNCO jeans and a Tweety Bird sweater. I could live out my 90s dreams!

How’s that fleet of “titled and running” vehicles going?  Think your old pal from the city of Troy still following your articles?

The 328D is very nice feeling drive at low throttle positions, the issue is that 100% throttle is barely faster than 30% or so.

As an owner of a 328d, the main thing this article is leaving out is the AdBlue urea system that knocks down the emissions (the thing that VW did not to add to their cars). While some of the emissions figures BMW published may be fudging numbers, it was never recalled as this system actually works for the most part.…

No...you were an idiot; but you learned and grew from your mistakes. jack’s just mad that he’s got a tiny penis and needs to feel like he has something to offer the world instead of microfalice.

You’re a dumbass. Sit the fuck down.

You’re an asshole.

I notice you said “gotten” rather than “committed”. World of difference between those two things. Also you are an asshole. If you’re to be believed one who has never done the same stupid thing twice, but still an asshole.

Typically it signals at random times so you can’t have someone else blow for you and know that you’ll have 20 minutes to get somewhere, so it could be 45 minutes and it could be 1. Once the system calls you have 5 minutes to blow or a VERY loud siren goes off (I wish the retest signal had been that loud). Once that…

I am, to my shame, a 2-time loser. And as such, I can tell you beyond a shadow of a doubt that no system exists outside of full automation that can keep drunks from driving while also not screwing over normal, rational drivers at the same time.