CR Brand Report Card (updated today)

"davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com" (davesaddiction) 02/21/2019 at 17:05 • Filed to: None

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Subaru’s killing it. Audi seems to be figuring out QC. Nice to see Mazda near the top (one of only four with “green” in all three cate gories ) - hope they’ll get some more sales from it . Lexus owners are less than satisfied? Interesting. Harder to meet high expectations, I guess. Honda keeps sliding... 

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CB > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 02/21/2019 at 17:22

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That Ford assessment is pretty spot on.

>Looks at FiST

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 02/21/2019 at 17:23

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Ford at the bottom? Psh!

*remembers the peeling paint all over his Fiesta ST....and the limp mode on hot days...and the mystery deaths where the car won’t work....and...fuck it.

Oh...right.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 02/21/2019 at 17:25

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That’s not the bottom, but yeah. 

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > CB 02/21/2019 at 17:26

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The darling of OPPO no longer. 

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > CB 02/21/2019 at 17:28

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We had the same comment at the same time

Ash78, voting early and often > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 02/21/2019 at 17:34

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Subaru seems to be the biggest discrepancy for me. I drive them occasionally and don’t see the fanatical allure. I hear endless horror stories about head gaskets and crappy CVTs. Yet their repeat buyer rates and reviews are almost all stellar.

OTOH, they’re growing like wildfire even here in the Deep South where AWD is nice to have, but far from mandatory. Obviously they’re doing a lot right, but how much of it is objectively good (CR thinks so) vs being just a niche brand with excellent marketing and image management?

CB > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 02/21/2019 at 17:36

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Solidarity in suffering.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Ash78, voting early and often 02/21/2019 at 17:38

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They do mention the WRX as an unreliable one in the line.

Maybe confirmation bias is just stronger with Subie owners?

They’re up 6 spots, so maybe they actually are improving as far a reliability goes . Time will tell.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 02/21/2019 at 17:43

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Subaru makes all their cars the same other than the body , it’s kinda hard to really screw that up. I think Impreza/Outback/WRX covers everything in their line up . The Accent is the wild card here, curious to see how that goes.

interstate366, now In The Industry > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 02/21/2019 at 17:47

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I like the discrepancy between reliability and owner satisfaction with Tesla.

NKato > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 02/21/2019 at 18:15

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 I'm not surprised to see Ford at the bottom. Given that they decided to prematurely end parts production for the Crown Victoria and have been making it a living hell to find a replacement ECM, I'm definitely not a Ford guy anymore. 

RacinBob > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 02/21/2019 at 18:56

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So Where is Chevy and Suzuki?

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > RacinBob 02/21/2019 at 21:34

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Follow the link. =)

BaconSandwich is tasty. > interstate366, now In The Industry 02/21/2019 at 23:38

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Stockholm syndrome?