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Consumer Reports Lists Least/Most Expensive Car Brands to Maintain

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The data comes by way of CR’s 2023 Annual Auto Survey, where members were asked as part of a much broader survey how much they had spent in total maintenance over the previous 12 months. Interestingly, the manufacturer that saw the lowest maintenance costs (at $4,035) over a 10-year period was Tesla.

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Consumer Reports: Tesla and other domestic brands take big steps backwards in reliability rankings

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Cadillac is the worst-rated domestic manufacturer and ranks near the very bottom at 28. Seven of the top 10 brands in this year’s reliability rankings are from Japan and South Korea, including Subaru, Kia, Infiniti, and Hyundai. Just as we’ve seen with many other manufacturers, major changes and updates can cause reliability to slide.

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Consumer Reports Says EVs Less Reliable Than Traditional Automobiles

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Most electric cars today are being manufactured by either legacy automakers that are new to EV technology, or by companies like Rivian that are new to making cars,” Jake Fisher, senior director of auto testing at Consumer Reports , said in a release. “It Automakers have been making hybrids long enough that they’ve gotten really good at it.

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Abandoned History: Cadillac's Northstar V8, Head Bolts and Gaskets Aplenty (Part I)

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The Seventies and Eighties were not kind to the domestic luxury manufacturers, namely Cadillac and Lincoln (Chrysler ceased to be a luxury car maker after the full-size C-bodies of 1978.) The latter part of the Seventies ushered in downsizing subsequent to the 1973 OPEC embargo and emissions regulation.

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The green cars of the Tokyo Motor Show. The Green Piece

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Throw in the on-going global financial crisis and it’s no surprise that some members of the Japanese Automobile Manufacturers Association (JAMA) had considered scrapping this year’s Tokyo Motor Show altogether. Keep your eyes peeled too for the Honda EV-N and Honda Skydeck concepts.

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Road Test: 2022 Acura RDX SH-AWD A-Spec Advance

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The four drive modes of Comfort, Normal, Sport, and Snow are part of the Integrated Dynamics System. The mechanical part of the handling includes front MacPherson struts, rear multi-link, stabilizer bars, and an active shock absorber suspension system that was retuned for 2022. Road Test: 2019 Infiniti QX50.

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Nissan now Nº 2 Asian brand in the Americas; new $2B manufacturing complex in Mexico to grow B platform capacity

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Nissan Americas manufacturing plants. Nissan Americas reported record sales of 1,561,230 in 2011 calendar year for Nissan and Infiniti brand vehicles throughout the region encompassing North, Central and South America—a record year in both market share and volume for Japan’s second largest manufacturer. Click to enlarge.

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