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People old enough to remember the once popular Suzuki Samurai will think, "That's the car that had rollover problems."
Except it didn't. Consumer Reports fabricated testing because one of their employees (who was related to one of their high up execs) got into an accident with one.
Consumer Reports tested the Samurai with their normal set of tests and it did awesome. Great safety rating.
So they kept changing the course with more severe swerves until they finally created a situation where any typical car should tip.
But it still wouldn't tip.
The exec demanded that no one leave until they had footage of that car tipping.
So they went faster and faster until 47 times later they got the wheels to come off the ground. They released the video of that without audio. (In the lawsuit years later, the video with audio came out, and the execs can be heard celebrating in the video that they finally got it to tip.)
Once they created the footage, they released a public statement saying the Samurai was unsafe to drive. Everyone believed them, and Suzuki sales tanked in the U.S. (And never recovered.)
And to this day, people still think Suzuki had a rollover problem.
Consumer reports have gotten pretty bad I wouldn't take their reviews without at least one corroborating source. A lot of their stuff has a lot of assumptions based on prior data not on actual real world tests.
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I have Libby app and it is not there. Is this something that requires visiting a branch?
Many library systems have a way to access the online ratings of Consumer Reports through a link on the library website, with the login verification of your library card/account. Many have access to a lot of other things that way too, online classes, newspapers, Kanopy streaming. Explore your library website for online resources.
People old enough to remember the once popular Suzuki Samurai will think, "That's the car that had rollover problems."
Except it didn't. Consumer Reports fabricated testing because one of their employees (who was related to one of their high up execs) got into an accident with one.
Consumer Reports tested the Samurai with their normal set of tests and it did awesome. Great safety rating.
So they kept changing the course with more severe swerves until they finally created a situation where any typical car should tip.
But it still wouldn't tip.
The exec demanded that no one leave until they had footage of that car tipping.
So they went faster and faster until 47 times later they got the wheels to come off the ground. They released the video of that without audio. (In the lawsuit years later, the video with audio came out, and the execs can be heard celebrating in the video that they finally got it to tip.)
Once they created the footage, they released a public statement saying the Samurai was unsafe to drive. Everyone believed them, and Suzuki sales tanked in the U.S. (And never recovered.)
And to this day, people still think Suzuki had a rollover problem.
Interesting. That article was released before the settlement. I'm not seeing that on the stuff I'm reading. I'll start here: "…Suzuki's own expert witnesses testified the automaker was aware of 213 deaths and 8,200 injuries involving Suzuki Samurai rollovers" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suz..._U.S.,_Inc.)
People old enough to remember the once popular Suzuki Samurai will think, "That's the car that had rollover problems."
Except it didn't. Consumer Reports fabricated testing because one of their employees (who was related to one of their high up execs) got into an accident with one.
Consumer Reports tested the Samurai with their normal set of tests and it did awesome. Great safety rating.
So they kept changing the course with more severe swerves until they finally created a situation where any typical car should tip.
But it still wouldn't tip.
The exec demanded that no one leave until they had footage of that car tipping.
So they went faster and faster until 47 times later they got the wheels to come off the ground. They released the video of that without audio. (In the lawsuit years later, the video with audio came out, and the execs can be heard celebrating in the video that they finally got it to tip.)
Once they created the footage, they released a public statement saying the Samurai was unsafe to drive. Everyone believed them, and Suzuki sales tanked in the U.S. (And never recovered.)
And to this day, people still think Suzuki had a rollover problem.
And now you're doing the same thing you accuse CR of doing. Innocent until proven guilty applies here. CR was never found guilty in a court of law of doing what you claim in your post. Both sides officially agreed to disagree on the testing results. They were not found guilty of wrong-doing. INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY.
Counterpoint: I think they rated "Red Baron" pizza the best in class
What class? Best value/bang for buck..? Best overall? Best thin crust/thick crust, amt of toppings?
Best 'crust'-omer' service???
I'm sure red baron got best something...
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Except it didn't. Consumer Reports fabricated testing because one of their employees (who was related to one of their high up execs) got into an accident with one.
Consumer Reports tested the Samurai with their normal set of tests and it did awesome. Great safety rating.
So they kept changing the course with more severe swerves until they finally created a situation where any typical car should tip.
But it still wouldn't tip.
The exec demanded that no one leave until they had footage of that car tipping.
So they went faster and faster until 47 times later they got the wheels to come off the ground. They released the video of that without audio. (In the lawsuit years later, the video with audio came out, and the execs can be heard celebrating in the video that they finally got it to tip.)
Once they created the footage, they released a public statement saying the Samurai was unsafe to drive. Everyone believed them, and Suzuki sales tanked in the U.S. (And never recovered.)
And to this day, people still think Suzuki had a rollover problem.
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They've started testing home & kitchen appliances, cameras, speakers, laptops, peripherals, etc.
IMO, they have some of the most thorough and transparent testing methods of any existing consumer product review services.
Even for those that regularly use CR, it's never a bad idea to check multiple references to try to mitigate bias.
Except it didn't. Consumer Reports fabricated testing because one of their employees (who was related to one of their high up execs) got into an accident with one.
Consumer Reports tested the Samurai with their normal set of tests and it did awesome. Great safety rating.
So they kept changing the course with more severe swerves until they finally created a situation where any typical car should tip.
But it still wouldn't tip.
The exec demanded that no one leave until they had footage of that car tipping.
So they went faster and faster until 47 times later they got the wheels to come off the ground. They released the video of that without audio. (In the lawsuit years later, the video with audio came out, and the execs can be heard celebrating in the video that they finally got it to tip.)
Once they created the footage, they released a public statement saying the Samurai was unsafe to drive. Everyone believed them, and Suzuki sales tanked in the U.S. (And never recovered.)
And to this day, people still think Suzuki had a rollover problem.
Interesting. That article was released before the settlement. I'm not seeing that on the stuff I'm reading. I'll start here: "…Suzuki's own expert witnesses testified the automaker was aware of 213 deaths and 8,200 injuries involving Suzuki Samurai rollovers" (https://en.wikipedia.or
Except it didn't. Consumer Reports fabricated testing because one of their employees (who was related to one of their high up execs) got into an accident with one.
Consumer Reports tested the Samurai with their normal set of tests and it did awesome. Great safety rating.
So they kept changing the course with more severe swerves until they finally created a situation where any typical car should tip.
But it still wouldn't tip.
The exec demanded that no one leave until they had footage of that car tipping.
So they went faster and faster until 47 times later they got the wheels to come off the ground. They released the video of that without audio. (In the lawsuit years later, the video with audio came out, and the execs can be heard celebrating in the video that they finally got it to tip.)
Once they created the footage, they released a public statement saying the Samurai was unsafe to drive. Everyone believed them, and Suzuki sales tanked in the U.S. (And never recovered.)
And to this day, people still think Suzuki had a rollover problem.
What class? Best value/bang for buck..? Best overall? Best thin crust/thick crust, amt of toppings?
Best 'crust'-omer' service???
I'm sure red baron got best something...
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Thanks for bringing up a year-old thread just to reiterate the existing top comment.
Very legit