The festivities are well under way at Grand Central Terminal in New York City, where Consumer Reports is celebrating 75 years of empowering consumers and impacting the marketplace. The party is set up in the Vanderbilt hall, and the public is invited to tour the non-profit organization’s history, see elements from the latest tests and [...]
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Today Ford announced on Facebook that it will begin taking orders for its upcoming electric Focus next Wednesday.
The electric Focus is scheduled to go on sale in December in California and New York. Ford has not announced a price. But with a claimed 100-mile range from its lithium batteries, and a five-door hatchback body [...]
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In an effort to get the message out about the dangers of texting and driving, the Ad Council and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) have joined together with state Attorneys General to create three public service announcements called “Stop the Texts. Stop the Wrecks.”
The campaign, aimed at teens, shows the very real and [...]
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Lotus Cars USA is recalling more than 5,000 Elise and Exige sports cars, says the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Faulty oil cooling systems in the 2005 and 2006 model years of those cars may leak oil.
The NHTSA says the oil cooling line could become detached and inadvertently spray motor oil on the cars’ tire, [...]
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It may only be Halloween weekend, but in some parts of the country, winter is fast approaching. Before the falling leaves turn into falling snow, it’s time to prepare your car for winter’s challenges and our latest video will show you how.
Consumer Reports experts recently hosted a Facebook video discussing how to prepare your [...]
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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has announced a recall of 19,600 Volvo C70 and S60 sedans today. The agency says certain models of those Volvo cars have mislabeled spare tires, a violation of federal safety standards.
According to the NHTSA, the optional spare tire kits in the C70 and S60 sedans contain tires printed with [...]
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There is something of a revolving door for how German luxury sedans score in our Ratings. Audi’s A6 midsized sedan topped our luxury sedan Ratings as late as 2001, but since then, other Teutonic rivals have stolen its thunder. First the 2001-2003 BMW 530i became our top-scoring car ever. Then the previous-generation (2003-2009) Mercedes-Benz E-Class [...]
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Ford has announced an upcoming addition to their Sync voice-activated technology that will enable parents to prevent their young drivers from receiving text messages or phone calls using the system.
In the ever-expanding world of Sync, the new Do Not Disturb feature will be added to the existing MyKey technology, which allows parents to program a [...]
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Put your automotive knowledge to the test in the new Consumer Reports Moto Quiz. Parked on a tab within the Consumer Reports Facebook page, the Moto Quiz challenges players to identify the most reliable car in head-to-head matchups.
The game is broken into rounds of 10 matchups. Simply click on the button for the car you [...]
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Back when we announced that the redesigned-for-2012 Honda Civic LX scored too low to be recommended, we were asked what would have happened if we tested the up-level Civic EX. Given how much interest from our readers there is in the popular–and previously high-scoring–Civic, we bought one to find out.
Let me explain why we selected [...]
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