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Curbside Classics Archives
Consumer Reports Archive
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![We now move solidly into the 1960s with this automotive issue of Consumer Reports. The winged, chromed monsters of the ’50s are now heading into the junkyard en masse, and […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/IMG_73571.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Consumer Reports’ Automotive Dot Charts: Every Dot Has a Story, Part 3 (1964-70)")
Consumer Reports’ Automotive Dot Charts: Every Dot Has a Story, Part 3 (1964-70)
Posted on February 5, 2022 | 28 CommentsWe now move solidly into the 1960s with this automotive issue of Consumer Reports. The winged, chromed monsters of the ’50s are now heading into the junkyard en masse, and […] -
![So here we go with the second installment of our analysis of Consumer Reports magazine’s dot charts of late model used car repair incidence. (Here’s the first one, in case […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/81Tylk2lMtL._AC_SY879_1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Consumer Reports’ Automotive Dot Charts: Every Dot Has a Story, Part 2 (1960-66)")
Consumer Reports’ Automotive Dot Charts: Every Dot Has a Story, Part 2 (1960-66)
Posted on January 22, 2022 | 58 CommentsSo here we go with the second installment of our analysis of Consumer Reports magazine’s dot charts of late model used car repair incidence. (Here’s the first one, in case […] -
![Consumer Reports has been testing new cars and writing about them since the 1930s. They also became semi-famous for their dot charts showing the repair incidence of used cars with […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/s-l16001.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Consumer Reports’ Automotive Dot Charts–Every Dot Has a Story: Part One–1954-63")
Consumer Reports’ Automotive Dot Charts–Every Dot Has a Story: Part One–1954-63
Posted on January 10, 2022 | 49 CommentsConsumer Reports has been testing new cars and writing about them since the 1930s. They also became semi-famous for their dot charts showing the repair incidence of used cars with […] -
![Consumer Reports recently released its annual reliability survey. As always, newly introduced models performed poorly while older vehicles did well. There were some exceptions to that rule though. Some recent […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/20190425_114841-tile.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Newsstand: American Pickup Trucks, Newly Redesigned Models Stumble In Consumer Reports’ 2019 Reliability Survey")
Curbside Newsstand: American Pickup Trucks, Newly Redesigned Models Stumble In Consumer Reports’ 2019 Reliability Survey
Posted on December 11, 2019 | 52 CommentsConsumer Reports recently released its annual reliability survey. As always, newly introduced models performed poorly while older vehicles did well. There were some exceptions to that rule though. Some recent […] -
![Buy a car that’s good at being cheap, buy a car that’s good at being interesting, but don’t buy a car that isn’t good at either. I think this basic […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Alt4.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 2012 Nissan Altima 2.5–Well, That Was A Mistake")
COAL: 2012 Nissan Altima 2.5–Well, That Was A Mistake
Posted on May 2, 2019 | 120 CommentsBuy a car that’s good at being cheap, buy a car that’s good at being interesting, but don’t buy a car that isn’t good at either. I think this basic […]
