October’s issue includes our annual 20 Questions feature. You can find this and 19 other questions–and answers–there. Nearly every new vehicle rated by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) earns high marks in head-on and side crash tests. Even the body-on-frame …
Read More »The Worst of a Brand: Window Shop with Car and Driver
For this episode of Window Shop with Car and Driver, we challenged ourselves to find listings for the worst cars ever made by certain brands, and we set the price cap at $ 10,000. This, of course, raises the question of what exactly makes a car bad. Is it reliability, …
Read More »Dodge, Kia have highest owner satisfaction; Tesla has the worst
That new car smell may turn sour for owners of certain brands, according to J.D. Power’s annual 2020 Initial Quality Study released Wednesday. Owners of new Tesla models reported the largest number of problems and complaints within 90 days of ownership, while owners of Dodge and Kia models reported the …
Read More »Dodge, Kia best satisfy new car owners; Tesla has worst owner satisfaction
That new car smell may turn sour for owners of certain brands, according to J.D. Power’s annual 2020 Initial Quality Study released Wednesday. Owners of new Tesla models reported the largest number of problems and complaints within 90 days of ownership, while owners of Dodge and Kia models reported the …
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