AccessMyLibrary provides FREE access to over 30 million articles from top publications available through your library.

Road tests vs. reliability.(your letters)(Letter to the Editor)

Consumer Reports

| August 01, 2004 | Marlowe, Frank | COPYRIGHT 2004 Consumers Union of the United States, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

In your June Ratings of luxury sedans, the Mercedes-Benz $430 scores overall just a hair behind the first-place Lexus but gets a "poor" for reliability. This would seem one of the most significant and overriding criteria. Is this an error?

FRANK MARLOWE WYNNEWOOD, PA

In the Ratings, the overall score is based strictly ...

Related articles from newspapers, magazines, journals, and more
Isuzu ordered against doing road tests sans legal procedures.
Newspaper article from: Kyodo News International (Tokyo, Japan) March 1, 2005 700+ words
...eight of 27 vehicles subjected to public road tests since 2000, the officials said. The...total of 280 vehicles used for public road tests since 1971, they said. The ministry...property have taken place during public road tests, the officials said. During an urgently...
Lagardere Active to Provide Interactive Forum for Automotive Consumers;...
Press release article from: Business Wire July 11, 2001 700+ words
...com today announced the launch of User Road Tests. A new feature on the one-stop destination...intelligent purchasing decisions, User Road Tests allows automotive owners to share reviews...reports of Car and Driver magazine's road tests will be available. The newly implemented...
Video road tests now available at Yahoo! UK.
Press release article from: M2 Presswire August 14, 2007 700+ words
...14 August 2007-NEW CAR NET: Video road tests now available at Yahoo! UK(C)1994...latest motors thanks to innovative Video Road Tests from newcarnet.co.uk, which are...supply Yahoo! with its Broadband Video Road Tests, which use the latest technology to...
State plan to privatize road tests put on hold
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe Doris Sue Wong, Globe Staff February 16, 1994 700+ words
A proposal to shift road tests for driver's licenses from State...1995 budget to "civilianize" the road tests. Last month, Registry officials...compensation for schools that conduct the road tests and the composition of a field team...
Road tests to rate rollover resistance.
News wire article from: United Press International October 2, 2002 700+ words
...Safety Administration has proposed two road tests to help rate the rollover resistance...roll over. In the future, two actual road tests will be used along with the current Static...Consumer advocates long had sought road tests to help consumers find safer vehicles...
The Press Association to supply AA road tests.
Press release article from: M2 Presswire March 19, 2004 700+ words
...The Press Association to supply AA road tests(C)1994-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS...commissioned by the AA to supply new car road tests to its industry-leading website, www.theAA.com The bespoke road tests provided by PA will be added every...
Cars.com and RadioShack Join MotorWeek Sponsorship Line-Up; Cars.com Expands...
Press release article from: Business Wire October 17, 2005 700+ words
...consumers to view MotorWeek video road tests after the weekly broadcast. Cars.com will feature MotorWeek's road tests of current models as well as 2005...to as many as 170 new or updated road tests in the first year alone. Cars...
Roadfly Launches Long Term Road Tests Editorial Section.
Press release article from: Business Wire August 15, 2006 700+ words
...announced that they have added "Long Term Road Tests" to their continuously expanding editorial...will now be augmented by long term road tests. Certain cars, trucks, and SUVs are...www.roadfly.com/long-term-road-tests Roadfly.com is the Internet's comprehensive...
For more facts and information, see all results
©2009 Gale, a part of Cengage Learning. All rights reserved.
About us | FAQs | Contact us | Privacy policy | Terms and conditions
Other Gale sites: Encyclopedia.com | HighBeam Research | Acquire Content | Books & Authors | Goliath | MovieRetriever | Smart QandA