Consumer Reports automaker rankings: Subaru leads again
Subaru tops Consumer Reports brand rankings for a second year
Consumer Reports automaker rankings: Subaru leads again
Subaru tops Consumer Reports’ automaker brand rankings again. See winners, reliability trends by brand and powertrain, and why hybrids outrun EVs and PHEVs.
2025-12-05T00:44:14+03:00
2025-12-05T00:44:14+03:00
2025-12-05T00:44:14+03:00
Consumer Reports has released its annual automaker brand rankings, and Subaru sits on top for the second year in a row. After analyzing the report, SPEEDME.RU points out that the Japanese brand outpaced not only Toyota and Honda—long associated with dependability—but also premium players such as BMW and Porsche. The study blends road-test results, predicted reliability, owner satisfaction, and safety scores for models CR has already evaluated.In the overall standings, Subaru is followed by BMW and Porsche, with Honda, Toyota, and Lexus next. Rounding out the top ten are Lincoln, Hyundai, Acura, and Tesla; Tesla is highlighted as one of the brands showing meaningful year-over-year gains thanks to improvements in reliability. At the other end of the spectrum, American marques fared poorly: Jeep ranks last among 31 brands, with Land Rover close to the bottom.Shift the lens to model-level reliability and the picture changes slightly. Toyota leads, Subaru is second, followed by Lexus, Honda, and BMW. Consumer Reports emphasizes that careful, evolutionary updates tend to bolster reliability, while sweeping redesigns and fresh electronics often lead to setbacks in the first model years. That tracks with how new tech typically settles only after a few production cycles.The report also breaks out results by powertrain. On average, hybrids experienced roughly 15% fewer problems than purely gasoline cars. By contrast, plug-in hybrids and EVs brought noticeably more issues according to owner surveys, though there are already electric models with average or better reliability. The rankings draw on surveys of about 380,000 owners of 2000–2025 model-year vehicles, with a small number of 2026 models included.
Subaru tops Consumer Reports’ automaker brand rankings again. See winners, reliability trends by brand and powertrain, and why hybrids outrun EVs and PHEVs.
Michael Powers, Editor
Consumer Reports has released its annual automaker brand rankings, and Subaru sits on top for the second year in a row. After analyzing the report, SPEEDME.RU points out that the Japanese brand outpaced not only Toyota and Honda—long associated with dependability—but also premium players such as BMW and Porsche. The study blends road-test results, predicted reliability, owner satisfaction, and safety scores for models CR has already evaluated.
In the overall standings, Subaru is followed by BMW and Porsche, with Honda, Toyota, and Lexus next. Rounding out the top ten are Lincoln, Hyundai, Acura, and Tesla; Tesla is highlighted as one of the brands showing meaningful year-over-year gains thanks to improvements in reliability. At the other end of the spectrum, American marques fared poorly: Jeep ranks last among 31 brands, with Land Rover close to the bottom.
Shift the lens to model-level reliability and the picture changes slightly. Toyota leads, Subaru is second, followed by Lexus, Honda, and BMW. Consumer Reports emphasizes that careful, evolutionary updates tend to bolster reliability, while sweeping redesigns and fresh electronics often lead to setbacks in the first model years. That tracks with how new tech typically settles only after a few production cycles.
The report also breaks out results by powertrain. On average, hybrids experienced roughly 15% fewer problems than purely gasoline cars. By contrast, plug-in hybrids and EVs brought noticeably more issues according to owner surveys, though there are already electric models with average or better reliability. The rankings draw on surveys of about 380,000 owners of 2000–2025 model-year vehicles, with a small number of 2026 models included.
