![]() That is to say it drives better than I thought it would in some respects. That's rather irrelevant given that it is very much a different car from the current model but nevertheless a sign that the quality is there.EDITOR WES RAYNAL: I liked this 2013 Cadillac SRX more than I thought I would. We own a previous gen SRX (an '08) that has had 40k problem-free kms on it. I will NEVER buy a vehicle based on this data or CR's assessment of its reliability because of this statistical (not deliberate) bias. Their database, OTOH, cannot overcome the inherent bias of being solely within its subscriber base - IOW, people who identify with CR's perspectives and values. Yes, that's a bias toward appliance-like vehicles but that's what most people are looking for. the motor mags' obsession with things like performance through slalom courses. In my view, their testers are no better or worse than anybody else's - they're just looking at more practical "live-ability" aspects vs. I make a distinction between CR's testing of cars and their database of readers' reliability experience. That was the last car review I ever read in any so called car magazine and gave me a greater appreciation for what Consumer Reports does in buying their test cars anonymously from dealers. It made me wonder what else the manufacturer had done to the car to goose test results. They didn't seem to think it was a big deal. Curiously enough, other than mentioning this the magazine's test people made no effort to retest the car with the regular tires and made no mention of this in their final comments. It wouldn't have been noticed if the rubber hadn't started to wear away so fast. Looking in to it turned out that the manufacturer who had supplied the car to them had put on counterfeit tires - identical to the normal production stock tires but with much softer rubber in order to get better braking and cornering test results. Many many years ago I was reading a review in one of the R&T type magazines (can't remember which one) and they were commenting on how they noticed excessive wear on the tires of the car they were testing. MrDisco wrote: ↑The fact that they buy their products like any other Joe at least tells me they're testing a car that hasn't been hand-picked by the manufacturer. They're a valuable research aid that should be added to other reviews. MrDisco wrote: ↑i don't get why people dump on CR (though it's telling that most people who get snippy with the reports are from either owners of said models or just overly enthusiastic supporters of their preferred brand). Company officials insists that it mainly uses components found on no other GM vehicle." "The SRX uses a unique platform that combines bits and pieces from the Theta platform that also underpins the Chevrolet Equinox and the Epsilon II platform that sits beneath the 2010 Buick LaCrosse. Reliability: NEW, Satisfaction: NEW (that addresses the other comment on how they can rate a new model - they don't)Īlso the SRX isn't exactly an Equinox clone. 3.0L engine is refined but needs to be prodded to deliver its power ride is firm yet supple and handling is fairly agile better controls, improved fit and finish change from RWD on the 1st gen to now FWD or AWD options more fuel efficient, improved interior, but smaller than the previous SRX Now i'm not sure which issue the op is referring to, but here's the write up from the annual 2010 auto issue: With all due respect to Zach, even he is beholden to which cars the auto press junket provides him with and he only has limited time behind the wheel to come up with his conclusions. and our three advocacy offices, in Washington, D.C., Austin, Texas, and San Francisco." So out of 600 employees they have auto experts reviewing cars on their private track. its 327-acre Auto Test Center in East Haddam, Conn. Well looking at their info page they have "a staff totaling more than 600 work at CU's 50 state-of-the-art labs and offices in Yonkers, N.Y. Someone earlier asked how can they be experts. ![]() I don't get why people dump on CR (though it's telling that most people who get snippy with the reports are from either owners of said models or just overly enthusiastic supporters of their preferred brand).
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