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Nissan Motor Co. said it’s hiring the senior auto reviewer for Consumer Reports magazine to be the carmaker’s new executive adviser on vehicle quality.
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Chrysler Group LLC, the U.S. automaker majority owned by Fiat SpA, boosted its rating in Consumer Reports’ testing of large sedans as its 300 topped offerings by General Motors Co. and Ford Motor Co.
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Ford Motor Co., after two years of consumer complaints about its touch-screen dashboard controls, faces a big test with its remodeled Fusion midsize sedan, Consumer Reports magazine’s auto-test chief said.
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Ford Motor Co.’s reliability ranking in the Consumer Reports annual auto survey tumbled as its namesake brand slid to 20th from 10th last year among 28 brands while Japanese automakers captured nine of the top 10 spots.
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U.S. autos should have technology to stop sudden acceleration, reducing the risks that floor mats trap pedals and send a car careening, Consumer Reports’ auto testing chief said.
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Ford Motor Co., working to fix faulty dashboard touch screens, said the software upgrades offered to customers came too late to improve quality scores in J.D. Power & Associates’s new-car survey.
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Toyota Motor Corp.’s Lexus brand took back the top spot among luxury brands in Consumer Reports’ reliability ranking, beating BMW, Mercedes-Benz and Porsche, which fell the most of any vehicle line.
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Almost 30 years after the minivan was introduced, after attacks from all sides, Chrysler Group LLC remains on top. Now, CEO Sergio Marchionne will have to decide how best to sustain the success.
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Toyota Motor Corp.’s revamped Camry, key to the carmaker’s U.S. sales revival, is likely to win a favorable review from Consumer Reports magazine, which has been critical of other Toyota and Honda Motor Co. models.
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Karen Pauly had just buckled her 3- year-old daughter, Lily, in her GMC Acadia sport-utility vehicle. It was an early Sunday morning last April, and Pauly needed to run errands.
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