Consumer Reports Ratings on 911
I thought the following would be of interest to Rennteam members.
Consumer Reports, an independent U.S. product testing and product rating organization, just published its ratings on 2006 cars in its April 2006 issue. This year, they included a category for every line that Porsche manufactures, not just for the Boxster.
And what they said should not be a surprise to the members of the Rennteam site. Here's a brief summary of the results for the Porsche models.
The Porsche 911 line of autos rated a top rating in owner satisfaction (meaning that 80 percent or more of current owners would buy the car again) and the highest rating regarding depreciation (meaning it would do among the best in terms of holding its value after three years of ownership). There was no rating on reliability, as they apparently had too little data with the 997 model only in its second year.
The Boxster also had the highest satisfaction rating but the second highest rating for depreciation, meaning that it would not hold its value as well after three years when compared to a 911. There was also no reliability rating for the Boxster.
The Cayenne had an average satisfaction rating, one notch less than the Boxster and in the middle of the Consumer Reports rating scale. It had the same depreciation rating as the Boxster, one notch above average. But it had the worst reliability rating, well below average.
They even had a brief writeup on the Cayman S, but obviously could not get any results given that it was just introduced.
You have to have an additional paid subscription to get access to the results online.
Jim
Consumer Reports, an independent U.S. product testing and product rating organization, just published its ratings on 2006 cars in its April 2006 issue. This year, they included a category for every line that Porsche manufactures, not just for the Boxster.
And what they said should not be a surprise to the members of the Rennteam site. Here's a brief summary of the results for the Porsche models.
The Porsche 911 line of autos rated a top rating in owner satisfaction (meaning that 80 percent or more of current owners would buy the car again) and the highest rating regarding depreciation (meaning it would do among the best in terms of holding its value after three years of ownership). There was no rating on reliability, as they apparently had too little data with the 997 model only in its second year.
The Boxster also had the highest satisfaction rating but the second highest rating for depreciation, meaning that it would not hold its value as well after three years when compared to a 911. There was also no reliability rating for the Boxster.
The Cayenne had an average satisfaction rating, one notch less than the Boxster and in the middle of the Consumer Reports rating scale. It had the same depreciation rating as the Boxster, one notch above average. But it had the worst reliability rating, well below average.
They even had a brief writeup on the Cayman S, but obviously could not get any results given that it was just introduced.
You have to have an additional paid subscription to get access to the results online.
Jim
