Linking your car and your smartphone certainly comes with its risks.
Every piece of advanced vehicle gadgetry seems to come with some sort of snag. Tesla s semi-autonomous Autopilot system takes the stress out of the daily commute but has often been accused of causing severe accidents. And, while touchscreen interfaces look great, they can often be fussy to use on the move.
Another disturbing pitfall has been uncovered with regard to smart, connected vehicles. All those connectivity features and smartphone pairing capabilities we enjoy have created a situation where a massive amount of personal data relating to your vehicle can be shared via a so-called vehicle forensics kit . According to The Intercept, such a kit was purchased by the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
A new report reveals car brands that consumers love (and hate) the most.
For the proportion of the car-buying public that isn t deeply emotionally attached to a particular brand, it s always useful to keep an eye out for the models that bag the industry s biggest awards or those that return the highest customer satisfaction ratings. Together with our BuzzScore for each model, these are useful ways to separate the good from the bad.
With that in mind, Consumer Reports shared the results of its owner satisfaction survey which reveals the most and least liked car brands. Tesla, fresh from the reveal of the updated Model S, came out on top with an overall score of 88. The rankings were based on the 2020 Annual Auto Surveys covering 369,000 vehicles.