Originally Posted by antonio311
Guys Consumer reports is very biased toward american manufacturers, and especially Chrysler! I just read a review where they compared the Dodge nitro (a truck) to the honda crv (a crossover) and the Toyota rav4 (a crossover) They stated the Dodge is a gas guzzler, and people should stay away from it, and instead purchase the other 2. I have no problem with them saying the Nitro is a gas guzzler, but its a truck!! they're comparing a Dodge Truck to 2 smaller crossovers!! When I commented on the blog and blasted them for not comparing the Dodge Journey (a cross over) to the other two, they said we didn't test 1 of those!!! This is bull! You don;t compare a truck to a crossover, its like comparing a hummer to a civic! Besides the Dodge Journey has BEST in CLASS fuel mileage rating. So it would have been better then the rav 4 and CRV. Consumer reports is full of CRAP. Car & Driver is also full of it!
Your right in your observation that the Nitro does not belong in the comparison. I think that the Journey might not have been available for testing at that point. Any of these type of publications are valuable in the sense that you can look at all of the hard specs such as weight, wheelbase, headroom etc. all of the objective features.
We still need to use our common sense to weed out what they don't say and make our best educated choice. Sometimes it's as hard as separating fly **** from pepper.