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“Considering all factors (price, reliability, comfort, enjoyment, etc.), would you get this car if you had it to do all over again?”
Perhaps no other question could produce a result as indicative of overall vehicle satisfaction, and so it’s no surprise that’s the query Consumer Reports poses to its subscribers every year, and for 2011, the Chevrolet Volt scored highest of all with 93 percent of respondents indicating they definitely would buy GM’s plug-in hatchback again.
It’s not all lollipops and rainbows with the Volt these days, though, as Consumer Reports points out in the press release pasted after the break. For one thing, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration had not yet opened its investigation into the Volt and other plug-in cars for spontaneous combustion after an accident. Plus, owners of the Volt had only been in possession of the keys to their PHEVs for a few months when the survey was sent out.
Second and third place went to the V8-powered Dodge Challenger and Porsche 911, respectively, each with a rating of 91 percent. Somewhat paradoxically, CR says its readers tend to give higher scores both to cars with fuel-saving powertrain technology and those with high-powered engines, which helps explain the top three finishers.
Audi, Chevrolet, and Ford each had four models earning scores of 80 percent or higher. A total of 27 vehicles scored in that 80th-percentile group. Cars receiving the lowest scores were the Chevrolet Aveo (37 percent), all-wheel-drive Toyota Matrix (43 percent), and Chevrolet Colorado pickup truck (47 percent). Read more in the press release after the break.Continue reading Chevy Volt tops Consumer Reports latest Owner Satisfaction Survey
Chevy Volt tops Consumer Reports latest Owner Satisfaction Survey originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, 01 Dec 2011 06:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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