Consumer_Reports_-_April_2020

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