and chose a select few as the topics. rick paul is here. the auto editor at consumer reports. and we are happy you joined us and thanks for bringing the beautiful mustang which we will talk about in a minute. how do you pick? so many cars to choose from. the top cars in ten categories and that meet three criteria. have to do well in your testing. average or better reliability and have to do well in independent crash tests. makes them well rounded cars. don t excel in one area and foul dawn in another. top family sedan. the toyota camry hybrid. 38 miles per gallon for this mid sized car. that is better than a lot of sub compacts. good looking, too. affordable sedan. the hyundai is sonata. the four cylinder model gives you a lot for the money.
reporter: i m hairs faulkner at the breaking news desk on happening now , want to get you up to speed on something crossing the alert wires, more cars added to that nissan recall, up to 2.14 million vehicles worldwide, sold in japan, u.s., and europe. this is nissan. and the very popular sub compacts, march and micra, lead the recall, along with the titan pickup and infiniti qx56, one of their luxury model. what s the problem? an ignition problem. a spokesman says the engine in one of these cars may completely stop and you won t be able to get it turned back on. they haven t had reports of accidents but imagine that, you re stuck in a busy intersection or in a turn lane and your car dies and you can t get it back on. they don t want that to happen to people so they re pulling the cars off, produced from 03 to 06.