Consumer Reports buys xB2 - full report due in Oct issue
07-03-2007, 10:13 PM
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Consumer Reports buys xB2 - full report due in Oct issue
07-03-2007, 10:21 PM
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Making things worse, we're still looking for the check box on the order form for "Rear third-quarter window delete" that we seemed to have checked off. There is a huge C-pillar, even though the interior wall trim is contoured to accommodate a window cutout
07-04-2007, 08:38 AM
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Sounds to me like the guy that wrote that blog is auditioning for a job at Car & Driver with some of his lame jokes. 
I especially like the picture posted showing the C-pillar. The picture was taken from the middle of the back seat. Yeah that's where I sit when I drive.
Frankly I don't have any vision issues with the C-pillar and I could care less if my kid's buddy sitting in the back seat has a clear view to the rear.
I especially like the picture posted showing the C-pillar. The picture was taken from the middle of the back seat. Yeah that's where I sit when I drive.
Frankly I don't have any vision issues with the C-pillar and I could care less if my kid's buddy sitting in the back seat has a clear view to the rear.
08-30-2007, 12:40 AM
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Originally Posted by soki-orb
The new Consumer Reports is out, and gives the xB a "CR Recommended".
Here's a summary
http://www.theautochannel.com/news/2...29/060189.html
08-30-2007, 07:21 PM
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Re: Consumer Reports
Originally Posted by jjx4567
Originally Posted by soki-orb
The new Consumer Reports is out, and gives the xB a "CR Recommended".
Here's a summary
http://www.theautochannel.com/news/2...29/060189.html
I have a paid subscription to Consumer Reports online and the xB is still showing as not yet road tested. Bummer. I'll have to go look for the new issue at Barnes & Noble!
08-30-2007, 10:09 PM
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They have the test up now on the web site. They still recommend it. Nice sign.
Summary:
HIGHS | Access, interior room,
rear seat, standard ESC, neat
interior details.
LOWS | Driving position, dark cabin,
visibility, fit and finish.
Summary:
HIGHS | Access, interior room,
rear seat, standard ESC, neat
interior details.
LOWS | Driving position, dark cabin,
visibility, fit and finish.
08-31-2007, 08:35 AM
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Originally Posted by Rayman
They have the test up now on the web site. They still recommend it. Nice sign.
It's actually in two places on the site. It's in the main section under make and model and also in their report on new small cars. In the latter there are some extra pictures and a VIDEO too!
(I'd post links but I'm pretty sure it's subscriber-only access.)
08-31-2007, 09:34 PM
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nice write up on the xB, I agree especially with the big backseat, great storage and performance. I do disagree with their write up on the Mazda 3speed as I test drove one and did not like it at all. Yes it is very quick, but the driving experience is very strange, felt very jerky, of course torque was a problem in corners and the car felt really cramped driving. The Mini S is a much more fun car to drive, not as quick in a straight line, but quicker through corners and feels more like you are part of the car.
09-01-2007, 09:39 PM
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In the exact same real-world combined city/highway MPG test that yielded 30mpg from an XB1, the xB2 got 23mpg.
This has nothing to do with new/old EPA ratings, or with interpreting the MPG readout on the dash. It's calibrated, repeatable testing using lab instruments and procedures in a real-world setting. They put every car through the same tests.
This was, they note, the same result achieved by a 4cyl AWD Rav4 in that test. It's unusual for them to make such a comment in one of their test reports.
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This has nothing to do with new/old EPA ratings, or with interpreting the MPG readout on the dash. It's calibrated, repeatable testing using lab instruments and procedures in a real-world setting. They put every car through the same tests.
This was, they note, the same result achieved by a 4cyl AWD Rav4 in that test. It's unusual for them to make such a comment in one of their test reports.
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09-02-2007, 07:59 AM
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Originally Posted by rdclark
In the exact same real-world combined city/highway MPG test that yielded 30mpg from an XB1, the xB2 got 23mpg.
This has nothing to do with new/old EPA ratings, or with interpreting the MPG readout on the dash. It's calibrated, repeatable testing using lab instruments and procedures in a real-world setting. They put every car through the same tests.
This was, they note, the same result achieved by a 4cyl AWD Rav4 in that test. It's unusual for them to make such a comment in one of their test reports.
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This has nothing to do with new/old EPA ratings, or with interpreting the MPG readout on the dash. It's calibrated, repeatable testing using lab instruments and procedures in a real-world setting. They put every car through the same tests.
This was, they note, the same result achieved by a 4cyl AWD Rav4 in that test. It's unusual for them to make such a comment in one of their test reports.
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