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The compact SUV Suzuki Samurai gained a reputation in the U.S. market of being an unsafe car and prone to a rollover after Consumer Reports, the magazine arm of Consumers Union, reported that during a 1988 test on the short course avoidance maneuver (Consumer Union Short Course Double Lane Change, or CUSC for short), the Samurai experienced what they deemed as an unacceptable amount of tipover ...
Jeep Commander. The Jeep Commander is a 3-row SUV based on the Jeep Grand Cherokee, introduced for the 2006 model year. Launched at the onset of the 2000s energy crisis, the Commander was a commercial failure that was withdrawn after four years on the market and has received poor retroactive reviews.
A Ford Excursion SUV next to a Toyota Camry compact. Sport utility vehicles (SUVs) have been criticized for a variety of environmental and automotive safety reasons. The rise in production and marketing of SUVs in the 2010s and 2020s by auto manufacturers has resulted in over 80% of all new car sales in the United States being SUVs or light trucks by October 2021. [1]
The following 10 models were found to have the greatest risk of problems, according to Consumer Reports: 2023 Jeep Wrangler (Reliability Score: 24) 2022 Mercedes-Benz GLE (Reliability Score: 23 ...
Electrified vehicles — hybrids, plug-in hybrids and 100% electric vehicles — got a ringing endorsement from Consumer Reports, holding down seven of 10 places on the magazine’s coveted list ...
2009–2011 Toyota vehicle recalls. Two of the vehicles under recall: the Toyota Camry (XV40) at top, and the Toyota Corolla (E140) at bottom. The 2009–11 Toyota vehicle recalls involved three separate but related recalls of automobiles by the Japanese manufacturer Toyota Motor Corporation, which occurred at the end of 2009 and the start of 2010.
Consumer Reports found that 36% of prospective buyers are considering a hybrid car or truck purchase, up from 29% in 2019. Looking across brands at overall standings, Toyota and Lexus continued to ...
Revenue. $241.7 million (2017) Employees (2019) 592. Website. www .consumerreports .org. Consumer Reports ( CR ), formerly Consumers Union ( CU ), is an American nonprofit consumer organization dedicated to independent product testing, investigative journalism, consumer-oriented research, public education, and consumer advocacy.