re: Consumer Reports release 2020 predicted reliability by brand

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Predicted??

So this is just a list of who donated the most to Consumer Reports?

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Yes, predicted. You can't talk about actual reliability for a car that hasn't been sold to anyone yet. You have to use past reliability data to predict the reliability of what someone buys tomorrow. It is just like MTBF/AFR for a component.

As for the donation part, you don't understand how CR works, you may be thinking of JD Power and Associates.