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Originally Posted by jackknife  What are they judging on? Everything overall? |
They send out surveys to millions of owners plus they do their own road tests.
They are judged on price, performance, reliability, comfort, safety, cost of ownership etc.
CR's Recommended models are noted with a check. To earn our first-tier recommendation , vehicles must have performed well in CR's tests, have average or better reliability, and, if crash-tested, provide good overall crash protection based on our composite of insurance-industry and government crash tests. Vehicles also must not have tipped up in the government rollover test or, if not tested, must have available electronic stability control.
To earn our more stringent, second-tier recommendation , vehicles must meet all first-tier requirements, have been included in the front-offset and side-crash tests conducted by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, and provide very good or excellent overall crash protection.