I look to Consumer Reports for toaster, microwave and tooth paste reviews, but don't have the same auto agenda as the CR testers. As for the consumer feedback - it couldn't be any more unreliable:
It is based on statistically invalid "self reporting." Anyone who has seriously studied surveys and statistics knows that self reporting
respondents frequently have an agenda, besides rarely being a valid representation of anything.
The CR sample size is usually statistically invalid to make any honest conclusions. How many Stingray owners do you think are CR
subscribers? If the sample size was eight, and the one had reliably issues, the resulting figures could be correct, but total crap as a
valid example of the universe of vehicles. DUH
In short, he entire Consumer Reports owner feedback program is really a scam that really only provides the experiences of opinionated subscribers who famously love foreign brands and/or whatever car they own. It is a worthless device to assess the quality (and qualities) of items that are controversial or personal, like car ownership...forget the small, self reporting, unrepresentative sample size. I felt the same way about their reports when the Vette was highly rated.
All that said, GM, Chevy, Tadge and the rest of the team need to get off the laurels they got with the introduction of the Stingray and fix the issues everyone knows some of the cars have. I haven't had a lick of a problem with my C7, but enough folks have to prompt Chevy to quit denying and get to work on fixes. I know two people who have permanently cancelled their plans to buy Z06s based on issues we all know about. Sooner or later, that's going to hurt. It takes years to turn around bad quality perceptions.
