BMW landed the top overall spot in Consumer Reports’ (CR) annual Auto Brand Report Card Rankings for the first time. The rankings reveal which automakers are producing the best-performing, safe, and reliable vehicles based on CR’s independent testing and member surveys.
BMW moved up two spots from last year.
“BMW builds many high-performing, full-featured, and reliable models, so it’s not surprising to see it at the top of our brand rankings,” said Jake Fisher, senior director of automotive testing at Consumer Reports.
In total, 32 brands are included in CR’s 2023 Brand Report Card. The consumer research, testing and advocacy organization conducts more than 50 science-based tests on every vehicle it evaluates, including braking, handling, comfort, convenience, and fuel economy, which combine to form a road-test score. CR then determines the Overall Score—a combination of the road test score, predicted reliability, owner satisfaction based on member surveys, key safety features, and crash-test results, if available—for each model tested. The brands are then ranked by averaging the Overall Scores of their respective models to reveal the best and worst.
