The CR Difference
A COMPREHENSIVE drive can tell you a lot about a new car. After 30 to 60 minutes behind the wheel you can determine if the seats are comfortable, visibility is good, the car is noisy, and the controls are easy to master. What a kick of the tires and a test drive can’t tell you is how reliable the car is going to be. Quick, which car do you think is the least reliable: an Acura ILX, BMW 2 Series, or Buick Encore? In order to answer that, you need data—lots of data— from people who already own those cars. Fortunately for you, we have that data. A LOT of it. Our one-of-a-kind, realworld reliability Ratings are based on subscribers’ experiences with more than 640,000 vehicles reported in the latest Annual Auto Survey.…