Consumer Reports: Top Picks for 2012

2012 Toyota Highlander

Consumer reports has named their top picks for 2012 and Toyota shows up in a whopping 5 out of the 10 picks. With the Hyundai Sonata taking the top spot for Affordable Family Sedan, Toyota sweeps the other best in class categories for family vehicles, favoring the Toyota Sienna, Toyota Camry Hybrid and the Toyota Highlander. Consumer Reports evaluates vehicles for their road test performance, as well as reliability and safety. Here is how the rest of the field filled out:

• Affordable family sedan: Hyundai Sonata
• Green car: Toyota Prius
• Family hauler: Toyota Sienna
• Family sedan: Toyota Camry Hybrid
• Family SUV: Toyota Highlander
• Pickup truck: Chevrolet Avalanche
• Small car: Subaru Impreza
• Small SUV: Toyota RAV4
• Sports sedan: Infiniti G
• Sporty car: Ford Mustang

2012 Subaru Impreza

So who makes the best vehicles overall? Yet another list from Consumer Reports, which ranks automakers on road test scores from their complete lineup of vehicles, placed Subaru at the top of the list for automakers, followed by Mazda, Toyota, Honda and Ford. Mazda showed the most dramatic improvement on this list.


Source:  ConsumerReports.org