<p>I am truly shocked that the 2012 Honda Civic failed to win the Consumer Reports “Recommended” label.</p>
<p>[Honda</a> Civic Fails Consumer Reports? Tests - Bloomberg](<a href=“Bloomberg - Are you a robot?”>Bloomberg - Are you a robot?)</p>
<p>I have been a loyal Honda Civic customer since the early days. This has shaken my faith in the Honda brand. </p>
<p>I really thought Hondas would always be AAA rated cars!</p>
<p>Funny.</p>
<p>Nice diversion from politics!</p>
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<p>i had an old civic (loved it) and my D has a nice civic hybrid- they need to wake up and use a different designer on the next round!</p>
<p>For what it’s worth, I just read today that Honda has issued a recall. Our CR-V is included. Not a good publicity week for Honda!</p>
<p>tho better to roll out bad news at same time as other bad news than to spread bad news across time!</p>
<p>I trust Consumer Reports more than I trust Standard & Poors. At least Consumer Reports didn’t rate all those Residential Mortgage Backed Securities AAA.</p>
<p>I confess- I am a traitor. Changed from being a Honda owner to a Toyota owner. But Toyota has had its issues too…</p>
<p>It’s just another consequence of global warming. Future generations are at risk from this downgrade.</p>
<p>Well played, VP!</p>
<p>Ha, this thread hooked me, too. 
FWIW, I have a Scion xB (made by Toyota) and absolutely LOVE it. My wife gets the credit for insisting that I test-drive it. I have a Hyundai and was about to buy another one when she stopped me. Props to the DW.</p>
<p>Oh well, you got me, too! My kids share a 2006 Element. Thank goodness it has a manual transmission…</p>
<p>Just got my copy of CR in the mail. Its an interesting read.</p>
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<p>The other side of this coin is, isn’t it amazing how far Hyundai has come in 25 years in the American market?</p>
<p>And Kia seems to be making great strides, too.</p>
<p>As someone who subscribes to a lot of conspiracy theories, I think the two downgrade events are related. It is all part of the Korea’s plan to become the dominant world economy. Bookmark this post. I said it first. ;)</p>
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<p>Good, then maybe I’ll be able to get some decent kimchi in this God-forsaken town.</p>
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<p>Hyundai just came out with a sonata hybrid.</p>
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<p>Of course they are. After this downgrade of Honda, coming after the recalls of Toyota, Americans will stop buying Japanese cars- and the Japanese will stop buying our bonds. So maybe we’ll be even.</p>
<p>Hmm, is this a joke?</p>
<p>OP, thanks for the smile. I think we all need it.</p>
<p>Terrific thread title…I totally went for it. :)</p>