Consumer Reports American Top Picks 2010, Loves Ford
Every year Consumer Reports looks at their Top Pick list from an alternative point of view, highlighting the best of the domestic industry. While we support buying the best car for your needs, regardless of where it's made, our mailbag and e-mail inbox shows us that may buyers prefer to buy from an American brand. This is especially evident as Chrysler, Ford, and General Motors fight their way back from recent market challenges.
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The good news is that preferring a domestic car doesn’t condemn you to a bad product. Indeed, two of the vehicles on this list, the Chevrolet Traverse and Silverado, are on our our official Top Picks list, as well. In addition, Ford has done notably well in reliability. For example, the Ford Fusion and Mercury Milan have proven to be more reliable than a Honda Accord or Toyota Camry. While these high-scoring cars come in a notch below some Japanese competitors in the marketplace as a whole, the Fusion/Milan/Lincoln MKZ sedans show up a lot when looking at domestic-branded Top Picks, as does Ford in general. As a quick review, here are the qualifications for being named a Top Pick: The vehicle must rank near the top of its category in our ratings It must have average or better reliability, according to our latest Annual Auto Survey It must have performed well if included in a government or insurance-industry crash or rollover test It must provide electronic stability control (ESC) as standard or a readily available option Given those parameters, we present the domestic-branded Top Picks for 2010. We have also included the top-scoring domestic-branded vehicles in each category and below provide additional insights into the list. |
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Source: Consumer Reports American Top Picks 2010, Loves Ford
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