Cross these cars off your shopping list, Consumer Reports says. - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
There are fuel economy, safety, road-test performance and reliability to compare and consider, not to mention price, ownership costs, size and styling. org, the website run by Consumer Reports magazine that makes a living slogging through those types of details, this week released its Top 10 vehicle picks for the cars to avoid. Here are the website’s choices for the vehicles you’d be “April foolish” to buy: (The list includes the current generation of each vehicle, which can be the 2014 or 2015 model year. Fiat 500L (least reliable), sticker price $19,295-$24,595. Fiat-Chrysler ranks at the bottom of the pack for reliability, with four of its brands — Dodge, Ram, Jeep and Fiat — monopolizing Consumer Reports’ least reliable list. The Fiat 500L ranks lowest, meaning it has about 16 times the problem rate of the most reliable car (Scion xB). Jeep Compass (lowest owner satisfaction), sticker price $18,995-$28,495. Owners polled by Consumer Reports gave the Compass the lowest... “To top it off, Compass reliability has dropped to well below average,” Consumer Reports said. Mitsubishi Mirage (car with lowest overall score), sticker price $12,995-$15,395. “While its low sticker price and good fuel economy of 37 mpg overall may conjure up an inviting image. Source: www.post-gazette.com
