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Originally posted by 96RedSE5Sp:
I read the article. I must be the only one who did.
If you read the article you would have seen the MANY times they referenced Consumer Reports as a source of information.
"Consumer Reports, which generally avoids opinionated reviews, complains on its Web site of the Terraza's "stiff ride and noisy interior."
"The company's Crown Victoria sedan was included because Consumer Reports assigns the car its lowest-possible rating for predicted depreciation, a measure of how models tend to hold their value through the first three years of ownership."
"We included Ford's rear-wheel-drive Ranger pickup â?? the American car with the lowest percentage of satisfied owners, according to Consumer Reports"
"the company's Dodge Sprinter van, one of four new-model American vehicles to which Consumer Reports assigns its lowest-possible rating for predicted depreciation."
"Methodology
For information about depreciation, reliability and owner satisfaction, we looked to Consumer Reports"
Seems like it might as well been a Consumer Reports article to me. Read more carefully next time! 
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Originally posted by snakous:
Originally posted by 96RedSE5Sp:
I read the article. I must be the only one who did.
If you read the article you would have seen the MANY times they referenced Consumer Reports as a source of information.
Reading comprehension anyone?
If you read the article, you would have noticed that it was Forbes and not CR that decided to publish an article entitled "The Worst American Cars of 2006".
Whether or not CR is biased in favor of imports, they can't really be blamed for publishing a list of the worst American cars. They don't publish such a list. And they really have no control over whether or not another magazine decides to do so.
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The only thing on that list slightly suprising to me is the Ram, which IMO, is better than some of the other full size trucks.
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Originally posted by 96RedSE5Sp:
Originally posted by snakous:
Originally posted by 96RedSE5Sp:
I read the article. I must be the only one who did.
If you read the article you would have seen the MANY times they referenced Consumer Reports as a source of information.
Reading comprehension anyone?
If you read the article, you would have noticed that it was Forbes and not CR that decided to publish an article entitled "The Worst American Cars of 2006".
Whether or not CR is biased in favor of imports, they can't really be blamed for publishing a list of the worst American cars. They don't publish such a list. And they really have no control over whether or not another magazine decides to do so.
I think you are the one who needs to work on reading comp. Much of thi info was TAKEN FROM CONSUMER REPORTS! How much more clear does it need to be?
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Originally posted by 96RedSE5Sp:
Originally posted by snakous:
Originally posted by 96RedSE5Sp:
I read the article. I must be the only one who did.
If you read the article you would have seen the MANY times they referenced Consumer Reports as a source of information.
Reading comprehension anyone?
If you read the article, you would have noticed that it was Forbes and not CR that decided to publish an article entitled "The Worst American Cars of 2006".
Whether or not CR is biased in favor of imports, they can't really be blamed for publishing a list of the worst American cars. They don't publish such a list. And they really have no control over whether or not another magazine decides to do so.
The fact that CR is biased towards imports DOES make a difference. Their articles are the exact ones that influenced over half the information in the Forbes article. Of course they don't publish a list of the worst American cars, that is not their job. But they provide almost all of the figures in owner satisfaction, etc which I've read are often inflated numbers and their results are based on too small of samples to make good generalizations.
I just don't personally trust Consumer Reports. I'd rather read testimonials of actual owners.
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Originally posted by snakous:
I just don't personally trust Consumer Reports. I'd rather read testimonials of actual owners.
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Originally posted by The Spelling Nazi:
Originally posted by snakous:
I just don't personally trust Consumer Reports. I'd rather read testimonials of actual owners.
Bingo!
no way Jose! i'd never trust the opinion of a GP owner.
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Originally posted by Tourige:
Why is it only American cars?
Wait.. its because consumer reports are bogus [censored] propaganda.
Guarenteed they would never make an "Import Worst Cars of 2006" Cause there is no such thing as a bad import, they are amazing in every way and american cars are crap that no one buys 
I'll take consumer reports over ANY other review source. CR is the only source that doesn't get money from the manufacturers of the products they review.
I'm curious as to why you think they are bogus? (besides the fact that you don't agree with them)
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CR is crap about a lotta things, especially cars. For instance, they named the highlander hybrid as top suv.  .... And they're biased against american made cars.
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Well, I will give some of the points they have here. However, I agree that they should have opened the classification up to all cars and not just American ones. Such nationalizations are pointless in the modern globalized car industry.
Depreciation is a view of the market, and is not the fault of the given automobile. It has absolutely no bearing on how good or bad a given automobile is.
Given that, I don't even think they necessarily picked the worst in each class, much less in the overall marketplace. Not including the Sebring/Stratus? As bad as the Grand Prix is, those are worse.
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