What car review websites do you trust?

[Anonymous]

Hi All - I'm a fan of Consumer Reports for many things, but not so much cars. For that, I tend to read US News and Edmunds, but also give some deference to Motor Trend and Car and Driver. Wondering what your go-to sources are?

[Anonymous]

Family car or sports car?

[Anonymous]

Op here - something in the middle, which to me would be like an Audi S5.

[Anonymous]

Carwow, Doug Demuro, the Pipes guys in Canada (forgot their exact name), all on Youtube

[Anonymous]

Car and Driver is my primary source, carwow is decent. I like Autogefuhl too (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZgRh-4dzZ8)

[Anonymous]

Carwow reviews many cars that aren't even available in the States.

[Anonymous]

Car and Driver. And they have a sense of humor.

[Anonymous]

WSJ car reviews are great. Also love their tech reviews.

[Anonymous]

Doug DeMuro is entertaining sort of, but he’s a bumbling idiot. He’s all about “feel” and “impressions” of “quirks and features.” His knowledge is about an inch deep, and he does not try to go any further.

Check out Alex on Autos on YouTube. He’s a dork who wears a mechanic’s denim shirt, and he knows his shit. He is very detailed, he does thorough, objective comparisons.

[Anonymous]

The WaPo car reviews are probably the worst. Their articles are more about reviewer feelings than the car itself, seems like they're trying to fill a half a page with words without knowing sufficient about the car itself.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Doug DeMuro is entertaining sort of, but he’s a bumbling idiot. He’s all about “feel” and “impressions” of “quirks and features.” His knowledge is about an inch deep, and he does not try to go any further.

Check out Alex on Autos on YouTube. He’s a dork who wears a mechanic’s denim shirt, and he knows his shit. He is very detailed, he does thorough, objective comparisons.

TTTHHHHIIIISSSSS is a gross oversimplification of Doug DeMuro. For a time I could not stand Doug DeMuro because of the way he talks. But he doesn't go into the techy stuff because his audience is more focused on the experience and feel of driving a car. He has experience reviewing a wide range of cars and is usually pretty spot-on in capturing the salient characteristics of a car.

Alex is cool, but most of the "review" is just verbal regurgitation of specifications. If a car has 1 inch more rear-seat legroom than another car, what does that tell me about how well a tall person can fit? No one knows unless you try to sit in it. A lot of other things affect rear-seat roominess, such as seat cushion height, seat back angle, roofline, size of the door opening, etc. When he does get into the car, he is still just continuously reading from a script, glancing away constantly to get his next bullet point. Compare their review of the GLB, a car that a lot of people are interested in because it's one of the smallest SUVs with an available 3rd row on the market:

Doug immediately understands the main draw of this car and dives right in at the start of his review, literally:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6D4bRXj0jg&t=154s

Meanwhile, Alex follows his rigid review format and doesn't get to it until much later in his review, and surprise, he doesn't even review a car that has the 3rd-row seat!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAxo2k_xzrU&t=537s