The Best Car Ever Tested

The Tesla is making inroads in the luxury car market, selling 4750 units compared to 3077 S-class Mercedes, 2338 7 series BMW's, and 1462 Audi, A8's.

The Consumer Reports reliability ratings come from their annual reader survey.

I've filled out the form for my cars, and it's not an exact science. For instance it might ask if you've had an engine problem but might not ask if it was a blown head gasket or a broken fan belt. For some problems they do ask for more details, but they don't for others. But I don't think there is a bias to the survey, it is just limited because people will only take so much time filling it out.

Speaking of Tesla, did anyone read about their battle with a NY Times auto review? It's quite a read!

Here is the initial review which wasn't flattering as the car had to be towed...

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/10/automobiles/stalled-on-the-ev-highway.html

After the review, Tesla's chairman/CEO Elon Musk Tweeted the review was fake and they had data to prove it. The NY Times auto guy next wrote...

http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/12/the-charges-are-flying-over-a-test-of-teslas-charging-network/

Then Musk wrote this blog with all kinds of data in which he seemed to tear the NY Times review to shreads (he also said the review caused Tesla's stock value to lose $100 million)...

http://www.teslamotors.com/blog/most-peculiar-test-drive

But the NY Times auto guy wasn't done. He wrote a rebuttal where he made some good points but still couldn't explain some of the other data...

http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/14/that-tesla-data-what-it-says-and-what-it-doesnt/