The Consumer Reports Annual Auto Reliability Survey, released on Tuesday afternoon, is intended to provide shoppers with a sense of the projected reliability of new models. But as the sales of some new cars indicate, a poor showing in the study does not translate to poor performance in the marketplace.
The Chevrolet Cruze, equipped with either the 1.4-liter or 1.8-liter engine, received the worst rating of any small car in the survey. Through September, however, Chevy had delivered 187,524 Cruzes in the United States, making it the highest-selling car in its segment, according to data provided by J.D. Power & Associates.
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