Consumer Reports Finds Luxury Cars Trail ‘Mainstream’ Brands in Safety, Performance

The perfect automobiles on the street are largely made by Japanese automakers, based on the most recent Model Report Card rankings from Shopper Experiences, the nonprofit shopper analysis and advocacy group. Home automakers didn’t fare as effectively on this 12 months’s CR rankings.

Six Japanese manufacturers place among the many top-10 within the rankings, which reveal which automakers are producing one of the best performing, secure and dependable automobiles based mostly on CR’s unbiased testing and member surveys.

Subaru climbed two positions to reclaim the primary spot on this 12 months’s record. Mazda is in second place, adopted by BMW, Honda, Lexus, Audi, Porsche, Mini, Toyota, and Infiniti.

“Manufacturers that rise to the highest are inclined to have probably the most constant efficiency throughout their mannequin lineups,” stated Jake Fisher, senior director of automotive testing at Shopper Experiences. “For mainstream manufacturers like Subaru, Mazda, and Honda to have such a robust exhibiting is exceptional. For customers, it reveals that you just don’t have to splurge on a luxurious model to get a secure, satisfying, and dependable automobile.”

Amongst home automakers, Buick is the highest-charting U.S. model, sliding out of the top-10 to eleventh place. Chrysler is shut behind (thirteenth place), whereas Dodge is midpack (sixteenth place), and the remaining domestics are all within the backside half of the rankings. Jeep, which had reliability points with the Gladiator pickup truck, is available in lifeless final.

Tesla dropped seven spots to twenty third general. Shopper Experiences attributed this drop primarily to a difficult-to-use yoke steering wheel the automaker launched into its Mannequin S and Mannequin X, which lowered their road-test scores. The Mannequin 3 stays the lone Tesla mannequin that’s CR beneficial.

In complete, 32 manufacturers are included in CR’s 2022 Brand Report Card.