BEST + WORST
What Brands
Make the Best Cars?
In our much anticipated annual ranking, Consumer
Reports’ exclusive testing and member survey data
reveal the best and worst automotive brands overall.
PORSCHE PULLS INTO the top spot this
year, leapfrogging third-place Subaru,
whose score remains unchanged.
Genesis holds steady in second place.
Those are CR’s findings based on our
exclusive testing and member surveys.
The leaders benefit from outstanding
results in our road test and reliability
and owner satisfaction surveys, which
OVERALL
SCORE
2020 RANK
RANK CHANGE FROM 2019
ROAD-TEST SCORE
PREDICTED RELIABILITY
OWNER SATISFACTION
MODELS TESTED
MODELS RECOMMENDED
1
◀ 2
89
x 0
x 0
3
3
86
P
O
R
S
C
H
E
13
5
▶
81
30
x 0
6
2
73
L
I
N
C
O
L
N
4
◀ 2
76
z 0
x 0
6
6
79
M
A
Z
D
A
16
5
▶
84
v 0
x 0
6
3
70
V
O
L
K
S
W
A
G
E
N
2
84
x 0
z 0
3
3
84
G
E
N
E
S
I
S
14
77
03
0 v
4
2
73
I
N
F
I
N
I
T
I
8
1
▶
88
30
x 0
11
7
75
B
M
W
5
74
x 0
30
9
7
77
L
E
X
U
S
11
◀ 8
85
v 0
z 0
3
2
73
T
E
S
L
A
3
2
▶
86
x 0
x 0
8
7
81
S
U
B
A
R
U
15
2
▶
77
03
0 x
11
8
72
H
O
N
D
A
74
K
I
A
9
◀ 3
77
x 0
x 0
12
8
74
10
◀ 5
81
30
x 0
2
1
M
I
N
I
77
A
U
D
I
6
2
▶
87
30
x 0
9
7
75
7
◀ 3
75
0 x
0 x
10
7
H
Y
U
N
D
A
I
12
3
▶
70
x 0
x 0
18
13
73
T
O
Y
O
T
A
14 CR.ORG APRIL 2020