Yes, but I wonder where that quantitative data comes from sometimes.
Overall, I'm sure it's perfectly legit, but there just seems to be a
preponderance of good ratings for Fords and Japanese makes,whereas Euros,
Chevy and Chrysler get slammed a lot.
Dan
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> I'm pretty sure that the black dots of CU are based on quantitative data
> and not arbitrary opinions of their editors. Everything in this world
> has a distribution associated with it. The black dots are averages as
> compared to other vehicles. There are probably hundreds of anecdotes
> about my mother's 1986 jetta running for 6 millon miles without a single
> oil change or my boss' son's fiance's honda accord that couldn't go ten
> miles without a breakdown.
>
> Of course the one thing we know CU will never be able to assign a dot to
> is whether the car is fun to drive. (thank god)
>
> Matt
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