The Toyota Prius ranked as the most satisfying vehicle overall for the fourth straight year based on the percentage of respondents who said they would buy the same model again, according to the magazine's annual car owner satisfaction survey. The Chevrolet Corvette again came in second.

Hmmm ... Should I take out the Prius or the Vette ...

 

PC BS. Like Algore winning the Oscar for his "sci-fi "documenary

 

Consumer Reports is not all bad.....got some pretty good toaster writeups sometimes.

 

Corvette drivers are way different than Prius drivers I think.

 

you mean the company that tested the child seats and said they were almost all bad and dangerous? Then said sorry we tested them at 70 MPH not the required 35 MPH after bashing all the companies nationally. Then the TV campaign scaring all the people with kids in seats. They then had to make a retraction after weeks ruining businesses and they were told the were testing it wrong. They suck!

 

how many prius engines does it take to accellerate?

 

Someone should GUT a Prius and stick a heads and cammed LS6 in it! See what Consummer reports thiks about that!

It would be cool to swap out some unsuspecting persons daily driver Prius with a car just like it with an LS6! Imagine the look on their face.

BC

 

The Prius in my opinion does not even rate as a car. It should be in another heading!

 

In their defense, I took a tour of the Consumer reports test facility here in Ct and it's pretty darn cool. They bought the old CT dragway and use it for their skidpad, slalom, stopping, and various tire evaluations, as well as off road ability and "test track" performance. Nothing like a fullsize jet engine to melt the track so they can test in dry conditions year round!!!

 

essentially it's a riding lawnmower....without the lawn mowing capability.

 

Consumer Report has always been owned by
a sub. of Toyota-dont believe anything they say
they are pinko commie anti amerikans who hate
anything made in this country doncha know its a global
conspiracy...

 

 

I would really like to see this...talk about cutting holes in the car... even then the LS6 probably wouldn't fit...ha ha

 

Sorry, but I have to disagree. The PC factor makes 'em undesirable, and they're ugly as mud fences, but a couple of years ago I had a Taurus wagon with the "hot rod" 24 valve engine as a company car. Climbing the Grapevine coming north out of L.A., a Prius was the only normal car that kept up with me, and he pulled me on a couple of the grades.

My problem with them is the sanctimonious attitude of the owners, in general, and the problem of disposing of a few pounds of batteries every few years. Okay concept - electrical motors do a good job; good enough for locomotives and submarines. But politics, preachy owners, and hazmat content in the trunk make them less desirable.

We looked at the Honda Accord and Civic hybrids when we replaced my wife's grocery-getter/kid-hauler. The value proposition wasn't there. The 2004 Grand Prix was a larger car and still gets 30 MPG for her most of the time, vs. a wind-up PC-mobile for a lot more money, with an unknown maintenance cost around battery replacement. And the mileage wasn't that much better. Grand Prix = $16k one year old. Civic Hybrid = $20k one year old. $4k takes a while to recoup at 10 MPG.

Here in the PRC (People's Republic of California), it won't surprise me if the Politburo decides to charge a hefty fee to get rid of the batteries, particularly if the number of these things climbs.

Still, it's a car, and the enthusiasts I know, who see it as interesting rather than saving the planet, seem okay. Just like HAM radio - sort of a religion. Like the guys with the Nash Metropolitans, or my friend in high school with the old Mini (not the Cooper hot-rod version) from about 1960. Funky, but oh well. And more gas available for me .

 

Calm down and take your meds, will ya?

 

Thanks for the chuckle! Sometimes we all need that advice. It helped me this evening - gotta retain perspective.

 

well, at least SFCA1968 was making a good point, people forget that the profits from these Japanese cars go to Japan, not the U.S. We at G.M. have a nice saying, "Lose your job yet? Keep buying foreign!" well, enough about politics.........bob

 

on a slight sidenote, I heard on NPR (national public radio) that Chrysler and Ford took a big hit for monthly sales while GM did extremely well. Strangly GM's stock still went down but i have a hunch it's because the market hasn't reacted to GM's profits.

Since the 80s Ford and Chrysler have been sacrificing quality in their mainstream vehicles to lower costs. Now with the foreign markets, Ford and Chrysler just can't compete because of the insane wages they pay their workers, Corperate greed and shareholders. Asian car companies simply produce less expensive cars that work (barily but they do) because they pay their workers less, dont' have as much overhead and the shareholders get a healthy profits.

GM on the other hand (at least with their line of trucks and sports cars) has maintained a high standard of quality. This is why you see GM trucks running around with several hundred thousand miles. (also because GM owners have more pride in their vehicles and tend to take care of them...lets face it, if you're buying a cheap car that you know is going to break, why bother maintaining it)

Back to Corvette: Since it's introduction, (and especially since the C5) there has yet to be a sports car that can outperform it for anything less than double the price. Corvette: literally the best bang for your buck.

 

Now theres an understatement!

 

I respect any car that can get 60 mpg and still accelerate as well as a "common car"(I did not say c5). It wouldn't be bad to have a 60 mpg work car and a c5 to rip around in for fun.