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Consumer Reports and Saturn
Dan wrote:
> I have a 1996 SL2 with 240k+ miles on it and just the normal wear & tear > problems. It has been the best new car I have had. I am now looking for an > SUV and the Consumer Reports negative view of the Saturn Vue concern me. Are > the Vue's from 2007 and newer worthy of the negative opinion? > > My experience with the SL2 makes me want to stick with the Saturn but... While Consumer Reports is a very good and unbiased source, they do tend to emphasize safety and reliability over other factors. For another view look at J.D. Power's long term dependability ratings. "http://www.jdpower.com/corporate/news/releases/pressrelease.aspx?ID=2008115" Saturn used to hover just slightly above or slightly below the industry average, but lately they've moved way down. This is probably one of the reasons that GM decided to phase out the Saturn brand. |
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Consumer Reports and Saturn
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SMS > wrote: > Dan wrote: > > I have a 1996 SL2 with 240k+ miles on it and just the normal wear & tear > > problems. It has been the best new car I have had. I am now looking for an > > SUV and the Consumer Reports negative view of the Saturn Vue concern me. > > Are > > the Vue's from 2007 and newer worthy of the negative opinion? > > > > My experience with the SL2 makes me want to stick with the Saturn but... > > > While Consumer Reports is a very good and unbiased source, they do tend > to emphasize safety and reliability over other factors. > > For another view look at J.D. Power's long term dependability ratings. > > "http://www.jdpower.com/corporate/news/releases/pressrelease.aspx?ID=2008115" > > Saturn used to hover just slightly above or slightly below the industry > average, but lately they've moved way down. This is probably one of the > reasons that GM decided to phase out the Saturn brand. When Saturn came out, it was at the top of the J.D. Power's list. It was the assimilation of Saturn into the GM (Borg) collective that started its demise. -- Remove _'s from email address to talk to me. |
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Consumer Reports and Saturn
In article >, Orval Fairbairn > wrote:
>In article >, >> While Consumer Reports is a very good and unbiased source, they do tend >> to emphasize safety and reliability over other factors. Consumer Reports "unbiased"? ROTFLMAO! You've got to be kidding. Their bias against *all* American-made vehicles has been well-known for decades. They got caught with their pants down in the late 70s or early 80s when they rated the Dodge Colt as significantly less reliable than the Mitubishi model to which it was identical in every respect. That's the most blatant example I'm aware of, but far from the only one. Unbiased my foot. |
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Consumer Reports and Saturn
Orval Fairbairn wrote:
>> Saturn used to hover just slightly above or slightly below the industry >> average, but lately they've moved way down. This is probably one of the >> reasons that GM decided to phase out the Saturn brand. > > When Saturn came out, it was at the top of the J.D. Power's list. It was on the top of the list for "sales satisfaction," never for reliability. Despite all the hype, the S series did suffer from some widespread problems, including problems with brake rotors, oil burning, and cracked heads. They had to "integrate" it into GM because there was no way that a company building only 200K of a model a year could survive and fund new vehicle development. You need the critical mass of several million units per year to make any money designing, tooling, manufacturing, marketing, and selling mass-market, low priced vehicles. |
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Consumer Reports and Saturn
"Doug Miller" > wrote in message ... > In article > >, > Orval Fairbairn > wrote: >>In article >, > >>> While Consumer Reports is a very good and unbiased source, they do tend >>> to emphasize safety and reliability over other factors. > > Consumer Reports "unbiased"? ROTFLMAO! You've got to be kidding. Their > bias > against *all* American-made vehicles has been well-known for decades. They > got > caught with their pants down in the late 70s or early 80s when they rated > the > Dodge Colt as significantly less reliable than the Mitubishi model to > which it > was identical in every respect. That's the most blatant example I'm aware > of, > but far from the only one. Unbiased my foot. I can't recall Mitsu actually selling any of thier branded models here that early. I thought they didn't sell under thier own name in the US until the late '80's...I know they entered a agreement with an American company to sell thier cars re-badged. The Dodge Colt and Plymouth Champ were identical, except the Champ (of which we had) had a lot nicer interior, rims, etc, etc. Was Dodge and Plymouth part of Chrysler at that time or was AMC/Jeep/Eagle aquired yet? I get confused as to what was the top company.... |
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Consumer Reports and Saturn
Doug Miller wrote:
> In article >, Orval Fairbairn > wrote: >> In article >, > >>> While Consumer Reports is a very good and unbiased source, they do tend >>> to emphasize safety and reliability over other factors. > > Consumer Reports "unbiased"? ROTFLMAO! You've got to be kidding. Their bias > against *all* American-made vehicles has been well-known for decades. They got > caught with their pants down in the late 70s or early 80s when they rated the > Dodge Colt as significantly less reliable than the Mitubishi model to which it > was identical in every respect. That's the most blatant example I'm aware of, > but far from the only one. Unbiased my foot. What you don't understand is that the reliability ratings in Consumer Reports come from their subscribers that fill out surveys, it's not CR's opinion except when they're projecting reliability on new models based on similarity with key components of earlier models. There have been several times when essentially the same vehicle, marketed by different companies, have had different reliability ratings, and they'll note that anomaly in their survey results. It's easy to understand that a typical Mitsubishi buyer may be very different from a typical Dodge buyer when it comes to how well they maintain the car. CR has often rated U.S. made vehicles very highly, and has often rated imported vehicles poorly. |
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Consumer Reports and Saturn
In article >, SMS > wrote:
>Doug Miller wrote: >> In article > >, Orval > Fairbairn > wrote: >>> In article >, >> >>>> While Consumer Reports is a very good and unbiased source, they do tend >>>> to emphasize safety and reliability over other factors. >> >> Consumer Reports "unbiased"? ROTFLMAO! You've got to be kidding. Their bias >> against *all* American-made vehicles has been well-known for decades. They > got >> caught with their pants down in the late 70s or early 80s when they rated the > >> Dodge Colt as significantly less reliable than the Mitubishi model to which > it >> was identical in every respect. That's the most blatant example I'm aware of, > >> but far from the only one. Unbiased my foot. > >What you don't understand is that the reliability ratings in Consumer >Reports come from their subscribers that fill out surveys, it's not CR's >opinion except when they're projecting reliability on new models based >on similarity with key components of earlier models. CR's surveys are entirely self-selected, which right off the bat makes them completely invalid from a scientific standpoint. > >There have been several times when essentially the same vehicle, >marketed by different companies, have had different reliability ratings, >and they'll note that anomaly in their survey results. They note that *now*. They didn't used to, not until after they got caught with their pants down on the Colt and a few others. > It's easy to >understand that a typical Mitsubishi buyer may be very different from a >typical Dodge buyer when it comes to how well they maintain the car. Or how they respond to surveys. > >CR has often rated U.S. made vehicles very highly, and has often rated >imported vehicles poorly. "Often" is not the correct spelling of "sometimes". |
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Consumer Reports and Saturn
Doug Miller wrote:
> CR's surveys are entirely self-selected, which right off the bat makes them > completely invalid from a scientific standpoint. No, it simply makes them not double-blind surveys. Unless you think that a Saturn driver is more likely to complain about defects than a Toyota driver, the surveys are valid even though they're not double-blind. In fact you could argue that a Toyota owner would have higher expectations than a GM owner and be _more_ likely to complain about problems. > "Often" is not the correct spelling of "sometimes". Because often is the proper word to describe the reality. It's easy to understand why some people get mad at the CR surveys and attempt to dismiss them simply because they are not the "perfect" survey where they would call 100,000 people at random and ask them all the questions in the survey, but it doesn't make their survey "completely invalid." And of course other publications and organizations reach largely the same conclusions with their own surveys, i.e. J.D. Power. It's not like CR is telling anyone anything that numerous other organizations haven't confirmed to be true. |
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Consumer Reports and Saturn
In article >, SMS > wrote:
>Doug Miller wrote: > >> CR's surveys are entirely self-selected, which right off the bat makes them >> completely invalid from a scientific standpoint. > >No, it simply makes them not double-blind surveys. Unless you think that > a Saturn driver is more likely to complain about defects than a Toyota >driver, the surveys are valid even though they're not double-blind. In >fact you could argue that a Toyota owner would have higher expectations >than a GM owner and be _more_ likely to complain about problems. Sorry, that's not correct. Self-selected surveys are scientifically invalid. Period. > >> "Often" is not the correct spelling of "sometimes". > >Because often is the proper word to describe the reality. You go on believing that if it makes you feel better. > >It's easy to understand why some people get mad at the CR surveys and >attempt to dismiss them simply because they are not the "perfect" survey No, many people dismiss CR's surveys because they bear much less relationship to reality than CR likes to pretend they do. >where they would call 100,000 people at random and ask them all the >questions in the survey, but it doesn't make their survey "completely >invalid." No, what makes the surveys completely invalid from a statistical standpoint is the self-selected sampling. That isn't statistically valid. Period. > >And of course other publications and organizations reach largely the >same conclusions with their own surveys, i.e. J.D. Power. It's not like >CR is telling anyone anything that numerous other organizations haven't >confirmed to be true. Actually, it is like that. JD Power consistently ranks American cars much higher than CR does -- like I said, CR's bias against American-made cars has been obvious and widely known for decades. Your unwillingness, or inability, to recognize that does not change it. |
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Consumer Reports and Saturn
Doug Miller wrote:
> Actually, it is like that. JD Power consistently ranks American cars much > higher than CR does -- like I said, CR's bias against American-made cars has > been obvious and widely known for decades. You just go on believing that if it makes you happy. But it's not reality, it's sour grapes. |
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