

An American car-an American front-drive car-is one of our Top Picks? Unbelievable! Surprisingly agile, the Regal defies Buick’s brand stereotype. With such a thin field, we decided to pass until next year’s Ratings are in.įans of German autobahn cruisers are breaking out their venom-tipped quill pens as they read this. That is because the 2015 Ford F-150 and Chevrolet Colorado are too new to have reliability and testing data, and the Chevrolet Silverado/GMC Sierra and Ram 1500 are not reliable enough. Sharp-eyed readers may notice that there’s no Top Pick in the pickup-truck category. Safety: Top Picks must perform effectively if included in crash or rollover tests conducted by the government or insurance industry. Reliability: A Top Pick must have an average or better predicted reliability Rating, based on problems reported by subscribers who rated 1.1 million vehicles in Consumer Reports’ latest Annual Auto Survey. Performance: Each model must rank at or near the top of its class in our overall road-test score. So if you corner a Consumer Reports auto expert at a party and ask, "What car should I buy?" these cars will be the answer. They also happen to score high in our reliability Ratings and shine in automotive crash tests.

These are the cars that ignite the gasoline in our veins.
