Interesting report released about the best new cars on the road from Consumer Reports. This sorta coincides with the threads about favorite/least favorite car companies...
_Family sedans: Mazda6 s (V6), Volkswagen Passat GLX (V6), Mazda6 i (4-cylinder)
_Small sedans: Honda Civic EX, Volkswagen Golf TDI, Volkswagen Jetta GLS TDI
_Upscale and large sedans: Lexus IS300, Mercedes-Benz C320, Audi A4 3.0 Quattro
_Minivans: Honda Odyssey EX, Ford Freestar SEL/Mercury Monterey, Nissan Quest 3.5 SL
_Small SUV: Subaru Forester 2.5 X, Saturn VUE (V6), Honda Element EX
_Midsize SUV: Lexus RX330, Chrysler Pacifica, Nissan Murano 3.5 SE
The "most satisfying" vehicles, based on survey responses from 226,000 subscribers:
_Small Cars: Toyota Prius, Mini Cooper, Honda Civic Hybrid
_Midsize/large cars: Honda Accord, Toyota Avalon
_Upscale/luxury cars: Lexus LS430, BMW 3 Series
_Coupes/convertibles: Infiniti G35 coupe, Lexus SC430
_Sports/sporty cars: Chevrolet Corvette, Honda S2000, BMW Z4, Nissan 350Z, Mazda MX-5 Miata,
Subaru Impreza WRX , BMW M3, Porsche Boxster
_Minivans: Toyota Sienna, Honda Odyssey
_Car-based SUVs: Lexus RX330, Honda Element, Nissan Murano, Honda Pilot, Volvo XC90, Toyota Highlander, Acura MDX, Infiniti FX, Subaru Forester
_Conventional SUVs: Toyota 4Runner (V8), Lexus GX470, Hummer H2
_Pickups: Toyota Tundra, Chevrolet Avalanche
And, check out this story which talks about the declining European quality compared to American and Asian cars:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...ninreliability
Kinda interesting...