Chevy At Consumer Reports’ Top 5
Is that car safe? How about its quality? Tell me more about that car’s features. Is it environment-friendly? Let me check its design. Will it yield good performance? Convince me that it’s worth my money.
Car-buyers tend to be more and more demanding nowadays. And those were just some of their standards in buying a new car.
Well at least, in the latest Consumer Reports’ 2008 Car Brand Perception Survey, Chevrolet got the fourth spot following Toyota, Honda and Ford. The survey was conducted by Consumer Reports’ National Research Center based from the aforementioned criteria.
The survey results showed that Chevrolet and Ford were the only US brands that made it to the top five lists in more than one category. Chevy got 110 scores a li’l closer to Toyota’s 189.
However, according to Jeff Bartlett, deputy autos editor of ConsumerReports.org, doing one’s own research is still very much advisable before buying a new car.
“Depreciation, reliability, safety and other factors may be different from what you associate with a particular brand,” he said.
Currently, two versions of the redesigned Chevrolet Malibu with quality that matches that of Acura Legend auto body parts namely the four-cylinder LT and V6-powered LTZ are undergoing tests for Consumer Reports. In Reuters, it was mentioned that the said models are now among the best family sedans including Nissan Altima, Honda Accord and Toyota Camry in terms of ranking.