Consumer Reports Best & Worst 2007 Cars

[eTiMaGo]

Originally Posted by forpinks

BTW the japanese kamikazes said that too... they said they dont need thick armor plates... bcoz their just blow up on ships anyway ... and they wont even make it to the target if they have that extra "ballast" weight of that sheet iron steel... RIGHT??? makes sense to me...

Soon we'll see the headlines:

"Authorities suspect environmental terrorism as driver takes out large SUV using his lightweight car, killing himself in the process. Bystanders heard screams of "Banzaiiii!" before the impact."

[forpinks]

HAHAHA!!!! GOOD ONE! which reminds me to recruit a bunch of american kids who suck at school and hates SUVs, to drive their little hyundai accents and stab all the wheels of SUVs and clean no OFF-ROAD experience trucks they can find...LOL!

BTW. I FORGOT THE JUST GONNA PART BEFOR THE SHIPS....

[nsmitchell]

My Yaris handles like a dream! I thought most Yarii came with antilock brakes too. What up with those haters down at CR? Were they possibly referring to the sedan?

[mkaresh]

Originally Posted by static808

this is very true. also needed to be taken into consideration is how much weight is being placed on things such as performance, luxury, safety, etc. reviews from mags like Car & Driver and Road & Track can be misleading since theire reviews are very heavily performance based. because of this, hondas will always typically do better than toyotas in those comparisons. we need to place more emphasis on their long term reviews, which shows the true liveability of vehicles. with that said, we ARE all human so we cant help but classify, quantify and compare different things. thats in our inherent nature. but one thing that magazines and reports will never be able to quantify is the level of satisfaction that us yarii owners genuinely have.

--B

The problem with CR's road test ratings is they don't divulge the weights used to calculate the overall scores. These legitimately vary from person to person, but it's not possible to tell how closely theirs match yours.

Aside from this, I have few issues with their road test ratings. Their reliability research, that's another story. Many major problems of which most people are unaware, starting with the survey. My critique:

Consumer Reports survey critique

A number of people here are already helping me create a superior alternative.

[Yaris]

Originally Posted by MDF

CR should go back to rating toasters ......the Yaris is awesome...

[Moose]

Originally Posted by Ericvonzipper

I completely AGREE with C.R. Mag, BUT....I also appreciate my Yaris for what it IS.

I totally agree, and I think that this is the point that people are missing- the Yaris can still be a great car for the money, even with those issues.