Ford tops in safety, quality and value in Consumer Reports Survey

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According to a survey released by Consumer Reports, Ford is top rated by car shoppers for safety, quality and value. This might be obvious by seeing Ford's strong end-of-year sales stats.

Ford’s sales for 2010 rose 15.2% while the Toyota’s were down 0.4%, which previously lead for customer satisfaction.

For this survey, Consumer Report took help of more than 2,000 people in car-owning households, Consumer Reports found that positive perceptions of Ford have increased by 35 percentage points over two years.

Ford tops in safety, quality and value in Consumer Reports Survey

Consumer Reports recommends Volkswagen Jetta Sportwagen TDI for more fuel efficiency.

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Consumer Report test four vehicles, each from different auto maker for fuel efficiency. For their upcoming January 2011 issue, Magazine tested 2011 Ford Fiesta, Honda CR-Z, Mazda2 and Volkswagen Jetta Sportwagen TDI.

With the end of testing, they recommend Vw's Jetta Sportswagen TDI. On the other side Honda CR-Z scored too low to be recommended to its viewers.

They didn't come to any conclusion about both Fiesta and Mazda2, since they are two new models with less data, but they seems to like both the vehicles.

Consumer Reports recommends Volkswagen Jetta Sportwagen TDI for more fuel efficiency.

People like Silver on their Autos.......

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According to annual Automotive Color Popularity Report by DuPont, when it comes to auto color preference, Silver is the King, closely followed by Black.

According to its previous survey, Silver held the most popular color title for seven years until 2007, when it was dethroned by white and white metallic, fighting back, claimed its position back in 2009, but again with this latest report, Silver is facing tough competition against the classic black color.

People like Silver on their Autos.......

U.S. highway accidents deaths drop to 60-year low

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WASHINGTON (Bloomberg) -- The number of people killed on U.S. highways fell last year to the lowest level since 1950, the U.S. Transportation Department said, crediting seat-belt use and campaigns to combat drunk-driving for the decline.

Fatalities in motor-vehicle crashes in 2009 fell to 33,808, a 9.7 percent decline from a year earlier, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said today in a statement. The decrease came as people in the U.S. drove 0.2 percent more than the year before.

The death rate fell to 1.13 deaths per 100 million vehicle miles traveled in 2009, compared to 1.26 deaths for 2008, the agency said.

U.S. highway accidents deaths drop to 60-year low

Most teens have driven while distracted : Survey

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Most teenagers have driven while distracted even though most know such behavior is dangerous, according to a new survey released Monday.

Almost 86 percent admitted to driving while texting, talking on a phone, or doing other distracting things behind the wheel, according to the results of a survey conducted by Seventeen magazine and the AAA, formally known as the American Automobile Association. The teens said they texted, talked, and ate while driving even though 84 percent of them said they know it's dangerous.

Among those surveyed, 73 percent said they've adjusted their radios while driving, 61 percent said they've eaten food, and 60 percent admitted to chatting on a cell phone. Though most know it's wrong, many of them still came up with ways to justify their behavior. About 41 percent said they think their action will only take a split second, 35 percent don't think they'll get hurt, 34 percent claimed they're used to multitasking, and 32 percent don't think anything bad will happen as a result.

Most teens have driven while distracted : Survey

Toyota Tumbles in Initial Quality Survey.

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Toyota dropped to 21st this year (out of 33 brands) from sixth in 2009 in the J.D. Power & Associates Initial Quality Study. The automaker also fell below the industry average for the first time in the 24-year history of the survey, a decline attributed to Toyota’s massive recalls over accelerator-pedal problems.

Domestic automakers, also for the first time in the study’s history, have caught up with European and Asian brands.

The study looks at 2010 vehicles during the first 90 days of ownership. Consumers were asked whether they had any of 228 possible problems, which include malfunctions and design issues like the ease-of-use of controls and brakes generating too much dust resulting in dirty wheels.

Toyota Tumbles in Initial Quality Survey.