Jake Fisher, head of automotive testing for Consumer Reports magazine, says the newfangled designs can present problems for drivers.
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Consumer Reports magazine also tested some of the home testing kits and found that some of them could provide some help.
That spot may be especially timely given renewed criticism of the MyFord Touch infotainment platform by the influential Consumer Reports magazine.
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Not a meaningful difference, says John Santa, director of Consumer Reports Health Ratings Center, a research arm of Consumer Reports magazine.
Although the Environmental Protection Agency ( EPA) assigns a fuel economy rating to all new vehicles, Consumer Reports magazine conducts its own independent testing.
Second, go read the April issue of Consumer Reports magazine.
Its latest winning strategy is the success of its coffee, which has won approval from Consumer Reports magazine who rated McDonald's coffee higher than Starbucks based upon both taste and price.
Power and Associates and Consumer Reports magazine, he said.
"Now the problem with that, of course, is that if you're not reading, watching or listening in the right place, you're gonna miss the news, " says Donald Mays, senior director for public safety planning for Consumer Reports magazine.
Specifically, Ford is dealing with the fallout from the latest chapter of a prolonged campaign by Consumer Reports magazine to shame the MyFord Touch infotainment system, which essentially is Version 2 .0 of Sync with lots more features.
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Last year Consumer Reports, a trade magazine, rated its filter coffee more highly than that offered by Starbucks.
An extensive study in 2012 by US magazine Consumer Reports, including rice and rice-based products such as rice cakes and drinks available in the US, measured lead levels even lower, with a majority of samples measuring less than five parts per billion.
The report is currently available on the Consumer Reports website and will appear in the October issue of the magazine.
Ford once again is being put in a harsh light by Consumer Reports, this time over mileage claims for Ford hybrids that the magazine says are about 20 percent higher than its real-world tests revealed.
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