Primarily because Consumer Reports, Sucks. If you go through about half
> of their reporting and then compare the items rated you find a Lot of
> OOPS. For instance they were rating Domestic Trucks in one issue. Ford,
> Dodge GMC and Chevy were all in there. The two GM rigs were rated almost
> as different from each other as they were from the Ford and Dodge. Real
> good job considering they are the EXACT same truck built on the same
> line. Or the time I read how great the Suzuki Swift was compared to a
> Geo, which were also the same car. They do it all the time and it seems
> that anything with a foreign name gets rated higher than domestic items.
There is a great discussion about CR and their biased reports going on over in rec.autos.makers.chrysler.
See the "minvan comparison" thread.
psycho