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Hondarsquos Accord falls off magazinersquos recommended list
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Asian Makes Still Most Reliable, Consumer Reports Says

Audi, GMC and Volvo enter the top 10 of the consumer magazine&rsquo;s annual reliability survey.

DETROIT – Lexus and Toyota claim the top two spots as the most reliable brands in the U.S., according to the 2013 Consumer Reports Auto Reliability survey released here today to the Automotive Press Assn.

Audi, GMC and Volvo took fourth, ninth and seventh place on this year’s list, with Japanese marques winning the remaining seven spots.

Every model from those brands “earned an average or better reliability score,” the magazine says in a press release.

Audi jumped four spots from last year’s survey, while Volvo moved up 13 slots and GMC rose three positions.

Audi’s A6, Q7 and Allroad models have “much better than average reliability,” the magazine says.

Lexus claimed the top spot and Toyota placed second.

Acura was No.3, Mazda No.5, Infiniti No.6, Honda No.8 and Subaru No.10 on this year’s list, which was compiled by surveying the magazine’s subscribers, who collectively reported on their experiences with 1.1 million vehicles.

The Subaru Forester CUV was the most reliable single model, the magazine says, although Subaru as a brand slipped five places on this year’s list.

At the other end of the spectrum, Ford’s C-Max Energi plug-in hybrid had the worst reliability of vehicles surveyed, and the regular C-Max Hybrid was “not that much better,” the magazine says.

Only one of Ford’s 31 models surveyed, the F-150 pickup with 3.7L V-6 engine, scored “above average.”

Cadillac was the brand that took the biggest plunge from the 2012 to 2013 list, down 14 spots, with the new XTS the brand’s least-reliable model.

Toyota’s Scion brand fell 10 spots from 2012, with the new FR-S sports car the most problematic.

Models falling from the “recommended” rankings include the Honda Accord V-6 and Nissan Altima, two of the biggest-selling models in the U.S. Both were redesigned for 2013.

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