Consumer Reports pans 4 Detroit nameplates for '13
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Despite the Detroit 3's post-recession comeback, one thing refuses to budge: Sedans from Ford, Chrysler and General Motors still earn little respect from Consumer Reports.
The magazine, in a release last week about its January issue, failed to give "recommended" designations to four new or reworked nameplates, the 2013 Dodge Dart, Chevrolet Spark, Cadillac XTS and Lincoln MKS.
"The Dart is the first decent compact car from Dodge in decades," Jake Fisher, director of the Consumer Reports Auto Test Center, said in a statement. "It has some solid positives. But overall it can't yet measure up to the best in class."
The Spark, meanwhile, was "one of the lowest scoring cars tested by CR in recent years."
Finally, the magazine said: "A face-off between the flagship luxury sedans from Cadillac and Lincoln used to be a center-ring event. Not anymore. With German and Asian automakers continually raising the bar in this category, the new Cadillac XTS and the updated Lincoln MKS are now little more than a sideshow among more inviting and higher-rated models." Ouch.
