Consumer Reports latest car brand rankings: Subaru tops
Consumer Reports car brand rankings: Subaru leads, Tesla 10th
Consumer Reports latest car brand rankings: Subaru tops
See Consumer Reports' latest car brand rankings based on tests, reliability, and owner satisfaction. Subaru leads; BMW, Porsche, Toyota follow; Tesla is 10th.
2025-12-25T00:28:32+03:00
2025-12-25T00:28:32+03:00
2025-12-25T00:28:32+03:00
With the average price of a new car in the U.S. now cresting $50,000, reliability has become the biggest hidden line item in a purchase decision. Consumer Reports has released its latest brand standings, built not on a single metric but on an averaged score across the lineup: road-test results, safety evaluations, predicted reliability, and owner-satisfaction surveys.The top ten brings a few twists that challenge familiar assumptions. Tesla placed tenth with 72 points: its road tests are very strong, yet an average reliability forecast drags down the overall result. Acura is ninth with 73, Hyundai eighth with 74, following a similar pattern—excellent driving scores without an ironclad reliability outlook.The standout reshuffle is Lincoln. The brand made the year’s biggest leap, jumping 17 spots to seventh with 75 points. It’s notable as the only name in the top ten to pair merely average ratings in both reliability and owner satisfaction; most leaders manage good marks on both counts. Lexus also scored 75 but ended up sixth and slipped versus last year, affected by specific models that fell to an average reliability level and by the ES sedan being between generations.Toyota ranks fifth, also at 75; Honda is fourth with 76; Porsche is third with 79; BMW claims second with 82; and Subaru returns to the top. It also posts 82, but couples that with good ratings for both reliability and owner satisfaction—a combination that goes a long way toward explaining the win.The bottom of the table tells its own story: Alfa Romeo, Dodge, and GMC sit on 55 points, Land Rover drops to 52, and Jeep trails the pack at 48, where weaker road-test scores coincide with reliability trouble.
See Consumer Reports' latest car brand rankings based on tests, reliability, and owner satisfaction. Subaru leads; BMW, Porsche, Toyota follow; Tesla is 10th.
Michael Powers, Editor
With the average price of a new car in the U.S. now cresting $50,000, reliability has become the biggest hidden line item in a purchase decision. Consumer Reports has released its latest brand standings, built not on a single metric but on an averaged score across the lineup: road-test results, safety evaluations, predicted reliability, and owner-satisfaction surveys.
The top ten brings a few twists that challenge familiar assumptions. Tesla placed tenth with 72 points: its road tests are very strong, yet an average reliability forecast drags down the overall result. Acura is ninth with 73, Hyundai eighth with 74, following a similar pattern—excellent driving scores without an ironclad reliability outlook.
The standout reshuffle is Lincoln. The brand made the year’s biggest leap, jumping 17 spots to seventh with 75 points. It’s notable as the only name in the top ten to pair merely average ratings in both reliability and owner satisfaction; most leaders manage good marks on both counts. Lexus also scored 75 but ended up sixth and slipped versus last year, affected by specific models that fell to an average reliability level and by the ES sedan being between generations.
Toyota ranks fifth, also at 75; Honda is fourth with 76; Porsche is third with 79; BMW claims second with 82; and Subaru returns to the top. It also posts 82, but couples that with good ratings for both reliability and owner satisfaction—a combination that goes a long way toward explaining the win.
The bottom of the table tells its own story: Alfa Romeo, Dodge, and GMC sit on 55 points, Land Rover drops to 52, and Jeep trails the pack at 48, where weaker road-test scores coincide with reliability trouble.
