Which Car Brands Make the Best Vehicles?

Consumer Reports tabulates its exclusive data across the model lines

By Jon Linkov

Last updated: February 23, 2016

One great car—or clunker—doesn’t define a whole brand. Neither does its reputation (good or bad) relieve you of the need to examine a vehicle carefully. But our long-standing and comprehensive analysis of car brands reveals that you can glean important information by knowing a brand’s output over time.

To determine which car brands consistently deliver vehicles that serve consumers well, we tabulate the overall score, road-test score, and predicted reliability results for each tested model of a brand. We then average those scores at the brand level. This average overall score is used to rank the car brands as an indicator of who makes the best cars. Topping our Ratings are the luxury brand Audi and mainstream marque Subaru. Only vehicles that are on the market and that we tested factor into the equation. The rankings don’t account for corporate practices or brand perceptions.

Hence, Audi and Volkswagen diesel vehicles that have been pulled from dealerships—following their recall and stop-sale last year for cheating on EPA emissions tests—are not included in our car brands scoring. Consumer Reports strongly believes that Volkswagen AG, the maker of VW and Audi vehicles, should be held accountable for manipulating emissions testing with its vehicles.

In creating the car brands Report Card, we aggregate road-test performance, reliability, safety performance and active safety aids, and owner satisfaction. Brands with a lineup of mature, incrementally updated vehicles tended to rise to the top.

For instance, Toyota’s middling road-test score was balanced by strong reliability; Mercedes-Benz’s strong road tests were offset by below par reliability. And Honda, Nissan, and Chrysler suffered due to problematic new transmissions.

Note that car brands must have at least two models with test and reliability data to be included. Alfa Romeo, Jaguar, Maserati, Ram, Smart, and Tesla lack sufficient data. (Download a PDF of this car-brand information.)

Rank	Make	Overall Score	Road-Test Score	Predicted Reliability	% of Test Models That Are Recommended
1	Audi	80	83	Better Than Average	100%
2	Subaru	78	80	Better Than Average	100%
3	Lexus	76	74	Best	88%
4	Porsche	76	84	Average	60%
5	BMW	76	85	Average	50%
6	Mazda	74	74	Better Than Average	100%
7	Buick	74	76	Better Than Average	80%
8	Toyota	72	69	Best	62%
9	Kia	72	75	Better Than Average	67%
10	Honda	71	73	Average	88%
11	Hyundai	70	76	Average	60%
12	Volvo	69	77	Average	25%
13	Mini	68	71	Average	50%
14	Mercedes-Benz	67	80	Worse Than Average	29%
15	Volkswagen	67	76	Average	71%
16	Ford	66	74	Average	38%
17	Lincoln	65	73	Average	25%
18	Scion	65	62	Better Than Average	75%
19	Acura	64	73	Worse Than Average	40%
20	Chevrolet	64	75	Worse Than Average	27%
21	Nissan	63	71	Average	33%
22	Infiniti	63	76	Worse Than Average	20%
23	GMC	60	71	Worse Than Average	17%
24	Cadillac	58	76	Worst	25%
25	Dodge	58	73	Worse Than Average	17%
26	Chrysler	58	73	Worse Than Average	0%
27	Land Rover	55	71	Worst	0%
28	Mitsubishi	51	46	Average	0%
29	Jeep	43	55	Worst	0%
30	Fiat	38	52	Worst	0%

Editor's Note: This article also appeared in the April 2016 issue of Consumer Reports magazine.

 

 

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