Consumer Reports' Obsession

kenchan

op- what were their gripes as reasons for the poor score?

kenchan

ive not had to take my car in for tsb... (?) are we talking about the same car?

dad

Some do some don't, wonder why?

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kenchan

car's made in germany?

Inspector71

I was in CVS Pharmacy and came across the CR mag. A friend has been trying to talk me into buying a Challenger (trading the Z as I posted her before). I looked up the Challenger and it has a far below average repair record. Not to surprised I hate to admit. So I went to the Z. They rated it as below average but didn't say why. I then turned to the Pathfinder (what I traded for the Z). They said even though the Pathfinder ranked better than average for repair record, it still failed to meet their criteria and they would not recommend it. What? Noise and bumpy ride are what you get with a sports car. I had 5 Rx7s and they were all like that. My big cruiser flopped around like a whale trying to break dance going down the highway. I'll take the bumpy ride any day. What is CR's problem?

torpedo2k

FWIW

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ProfessorDave

Thanks for posting the detailed ratings, torpedo

Dang it, a little black, a lot of red, and the overall conclusion is a solid black dot?!?

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jpit

Despite all this, they actually rate the car highly with a score of 86 (3rd out of 26 tested). In areas that matter, acceleration, handling, braking etc. it gets top marks. Predicted depreciation is also excellent.

kenchan

werd...where the hell did they come up with the remark about buying used 2009 is bad? they must have forgotten what they wrote while finisihing up their report.

UNKNOWN_370

This is how you know for sure C**k Rider magazine is blowin smoke to help other brands.
What nissan did wrong was that they are too cheap to pay off a magazine. They'll secretly add an oil cooler that isn't stock for a better review, but they won't pay for one...

The Z doesn't have anymore TSB's than any other sports car Co*k Rider reports is polishing off corporate sponsors. This is why I now go to you tube for reviews from enthusiast mags that can't afford or aren't smart enough to make million dollar deals yet. They know cars, and they speak on a level I can relate.

Mazda, honda and hyundai get rode hard on CR. BMW is shyt reliable and they say it. But they would never call it a horrible car for resale... meanwhile, my Z is holding more value than bimmers, G's and benz's when I visit the dealer. Bad buy? They are talking about steering, lock, oil, fuel starve... but even still. These issues are easily overcome except fuel starve but that's the rarest one. Take them with a grain of salt.

CR sponsored by...

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Hondo, mazdo and BWM. We pay to be the best.

PapoZalsa

In many magazines the 370Z was Best Car for 2009. So what is the different now?


Remember that many of these Car Magazines are bias against japanese cars especially the 370Z.

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kenchan

they walk up to a j-car and ask "do you like NGK plugs?"

sucasa

I would be very suspect of any car reviews from that publication. For home appliances, and toasters, they are fine, but for sports car, i rather get opinions from Car Driver, Automobile Magazine and reliability rating from JD Power, etc..

CR proabably thinks these cars will be beaten up at the track, hence, used car value will plummet. I find that hard to believe since the Z34 has been out two years (not enough time to gather real data), and every auto journal i read has it ranked very high in terms of reliability. Plus, Zs are wholly made Japan in a factory for Zs and GTRs.. Unlike other brands which outsource and built cars in pieces from other parts of the world.

jpit

If you read the report they rate the car very highly and it will have low depreciation when you sell it. Areas that it did not fare well in include ride, visibility, paint, and squeaks and rattles. It does not recommend the 370Z because of low reliability ratings based on owner surveys.

SoCal 370Z

That sums up about 99% of the cars produced today.

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