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| October 01, 2008 | Guest, Jim | COPYRIGHT 2008 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

When we set out to tweak the design of CONSUMER REPORTS (you have the results in your hands), our editors, designers, and market-research team traveled the country to meet with subscribers. You might think hours of talk about Ratings tables, graphics, and fonts would be tedious. Not so, when you readers are involved, and we wanted--no, needed!--your valuable input.

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You told us to keep the same high quality and quantity of information and not sacrifice it to style. So you'll find the probing reporting and rigorous product testing you expect from CONSUMER REPORTS At the same time, we've made changes to give you more information in ways that are easier to use:

Updated Ratings. CR Best Buys and Recommended models are easier to spot. And our auto Ratings now include a single level of ...

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