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and Subaru Marques Score a Perfect 100% on a Recommended List
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Auto on Info November 2003 Toyota and Subaru Marques Score a Perfect 100% on a Recommended List In the "Reviews of the 2003-04 Models" section of the Consumer
Reports 2004 Buying Guide, all of the models within the Toyota
and Subaru lines were given the recommended check (
Comments: Site manager views Consumer Reports as unduly generous in its recommendations of lower reliability models. This site accords a reliability grade of F to many of the models deemed recommendable by Consumer Reports. Furthermore, Consumer Reports is U.S. based; hence, the reader should be skeptical of recommendations of models of the U.S. based Big Three - Chrysler, Ford, and General Motors. |
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The following table provides the percentage and number of models
recommended for each motor vehicle line covered. The percentage is
based on the number of models providing sufficient historical data
to be ascribed a predicted reliability, a prerequisite for gaining a
recommended check. Note that when account is taken of this
prerequisite, Honda, Infiniti, Porsche, and Saab models attained 100% recommendation as well.
