Yearly Auto Guide
The yearly auto guide, known as "Consumers Digest Complete 2010 Car Guide" in 2010, features Consumers Digest Best Buy ratings, dealer invoice prices, concept cars, safety ratings, and expert reviews of over 250 cars and trucks. Contributors include auto experts such as Jim Mateja, Chicago Tribune auto columnist (from 2010 Complete Car Guide). The Consumers Digest Best Buys are awarded by a process including research, driving tests at both test facilities and on road, and within ten categories. Those categories include:
- Small Cars
- Family Cars
- Luxury Cars
- Sporty Cars
- Pickups
- Minivans
- Compact SUV
- Midsize SUV
- Full-Size/Luxury SUV
- Hybrids
Factors under review include:
- Warranties
- Repair History (as available)
- Dealer reputations
- Estimated repair/maintenance costs
- Annual operating expenses
- Insurance-industry ratings
- Crash-test results
- Corporate service and manufacturing reputations
- Estimated resale values
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