Consumer Reports is not the best source for auto ratings after they
did the smeraing of the Isuzu Trooper which was rated by them as
reliable as the Land Cruiser- the gold standard of SUV's. Having
owned a Trooper (and wishing I could have bought another) I am not
always in agreement with CR.


On Oct 2, 3:51*pm, John Varela <OLDla...@verizon.net> wrote:
> The new issue of Consumer Reports arrived in today's mail.
>
> Splashed across the cover are the words, "100 Top Products", and right
> below those words is a photo of a Forester. *Inside, it rates the
> Forester 2.5 XT as the top Small SUV, and the Forester with manual
> transmission as the best Small SUV for fuel economy.
>
> --
> John Varela
> Trade NEW lamps for OLD for email.