Toyota tops Consumer Reports best, worst used car values

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We often mock <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/toyota/">Toyota</a> for building boring, soulless cars, but a new study by <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/consumer+reports/">Consumer Reports</a> suggests that regardless of whether that's true, the company has some of the best used cars on the market. In its report on used cars from 2004-2013, the Japanese automaker had 11 vehicles among its brands on the list - more than any other automaker. 
 
CR breaks the list down by cost and vehicle size, and Toyota has at least one entry at every price point and in nearly every segment. To score a recommendation, a vehicle had to perform well in the magazine's initial tests and score above-average reliability results. It also tried to only suggest cars with electronic stability control. Of the 28 recommended vehicles, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/honda/">Honda</a>/<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/acura/">Acura</a> had the second most mentions at six, and <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/ford/">Ford</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/hyundai/">Hyundai</a> and <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/subaru/">Subaru</a> managed two each. 
 
The Detroit brands also made it to the list, but not in a positive way. Consumer Reports compiled a list of 22 vehicles it wouldn't recommend because "they have multiple years of much-worse-than-average overall reliability." <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/gm/">General Motors</a> had the most unrecommended models on the list at six, but <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/chrysler/">Chrysler</a> and Ford weren't far behind, with five cars each from their brands not making the grade. The <a href="http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/2013/04/best-worst-used-cars/index.htm">full list of recommendations is available on CR's website</a>.<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2014/03/18/consumer-reports-best-worst-used-car-values/">Toyota tops Consumer Reports best, worst used car values</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblog</a> on Tue, 18 Mar 2014 17:14:00 EST. Please see our <a href="/rss-term-of-use/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2014/03/18/consumer-reports-best-worst-used-car-values/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/20852177/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2014/03/18/consumer-reports-best-worst-used-car-values/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>

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