Official: Subaru tops Consumer Reports Automaker Report Cards
 

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Report cards are headed home in automakers' backpacks today, and provided there isn't any grade-changing subterfuge, [URL="http://www.autoblog.com/subaru/"]Subaru[/URL] has managed to land itself atop the [URL="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/consumer+reports/"][I]Consumer Reports[/I][/URL] dean's list. The triumph comes thanks to a class-topping essay entitled "What I Did Over Winter Break: Redesigning the 2012 [URL="http://www.autoblog.com/subaru/impreza/"]Impreza[/URL]," which earned the rugged brand top marks in Small Sedans 101. Combined with high scores in other vehicle classes, Subaru knocked [URL="http://www.autoblog.com/honda/"]Honda[/URL] from the valedictorian's position it has held for the past four years.

Also passing Honda were salutatorian [URL="http://www.autoblog.com/mazda/"]Mazda[/URL] and perennial top-three performer [URL="http://www.autoblog.com/toyota/"]Toyota[/URL], who reliably proved that whether it's the smartest kid in the class or not, it's well liked. Mazda climbed in the rankings thanks to a lighter class load, while Honda's drop from the top reflected a year spent drawing giant spaceships and hoping that in Civics class nobody would notice when it turned in a weak rewrite of it's own popular essay from last semester.

Honda wasn't alone in spending the grading period not paying attention. Also spotted wandering the halls was [URL="http://www.autoblog.com/ford/"]Ford[/URL], which dropped out of the top five. While [URL="http://www.autoblog.com/chrysler/"]Chrysler[/URL] found itself with the worst grades in the class - again - the carmaker did see some results from hitting the books lately, earning it the title of second most improved behind Mazda.

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