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BTW the dirty little secret for CR is that to complete a reliablity survey on a car you do NOT need to own the car, only subscribe to the magazine.
Also, there are 3 elements to getting the CR Recommended Buy.
1 Reliability, determined from the survey, which as I mentioned does not require you to actually own the car
2 Performance, reviewed by David Champion and his crew. They have their own priorities and those don't generally line up with what we might find important.
3 Safety, the car has to have certain safety content and features and meet minimum performance requirements.
It's not perfect by any means, but those that look at a car as an appliance and need someone to tell them what is "ok to buy" rely heavily on CR.
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