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a Saturday, Over 30 Teenage Drivers Made Their Way to Consumer Reports Auto Test Center
May 28, 2013On a recent Saturday, over 30 teenage drivers (most accompanied by their parents) made their way to Consumer Reports Auto Test Center in rural Connecticut for an experience that could one day save their lives. These teens were enrolled in ...
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Talkings About Several Types of Cars
May 6, 2013Watch our automotive experts chat about new road test results and answer reader questions in the third episode of "Talking Cars with Consumer Reports." This podcast was recorded at our Connecticut Auto Test Center, within our always-busy ...
Tags: Auto Parts
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You'll Find Widely Divergent Opinions About The BMW X1
Mar 20, 2013Listen to hallway and office chatter at Consumer Reports' Auto Test Center and you'll find widely divergent opinions about the BMW X1. They mostly fall into two camps, and it all boils down to the car's value. Camp #1 views the X1 as ...
Tags: Auto Parts, Transportation, car, BMW, auto
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The Introduction & Details About Consumer Reports Tests Cars
Mar 4, 2013What's it like coming to work at an office that has a 327-acre automotive test facility pictured just outside your window? We'll, it's pretty cool. We have the largest and most sophisticated independent automobile testing center devoted ...
Tags: automotive test, automobile testing, car
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Based on Our Experiences,These Features That I Think Makes Life Behind The Wheel Tolerable
Dec 11, 2012Around our Connecticut-based Auto Test Center,where we have an abundance of overcrowded,indifferently maintained roads and four distinct seasons of crummy weather,we're drawn to automotive gadgets that promise to make us cooler,warmer,less ...
Tags: Auto Test Center, heated steering wheel, navigation, backup camera
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Consumer Reports Recently Unveiled Top 10 Most Reliable American Cars
Dec 11, 2012Consumer Reports recently unveiled its latest predicted reliability results, from the 2012 Annual Auto Survey, which found Japanese brands claimed the top seven spots in our rankings. However, it's not all bad for the domestic brands and ...
Tags: Reliable American Cars, 2012 Annual Auto Survey, Small cars