skinzy

Read an interesting review in US News New Car Rankings under Luxury Convertibles. It rates the new 911 Carrera Convertible as #5 on the list just below the 2012 Infiniti G and MB E-class. They claim their data is based on review summaries of most auto magazine professional reviews. Interesting result that I think will be difficult to defend?

http://usnews.rankingsandreviews.com...-Convertibles/

chuckbdc

Well, considering they show a picture of an Infinity G 4 door sedan and an MB Coupe in what they call a ranking of convertables, what is the point of bothering to defend or criticize, beyond noting the total incompetance of the author and editor, and inferiority of US News as a source of automobile information?

cmb13

It's impossible to objectively rank subjectively different items. (Did that make sense?). It's like saying I like chocolate chip ice cream better than cashmere sweaters.

SSST

What is interesting is that the Corvette (in its class) and Boxter (below its class) were ranked 1 and 2 respectively.

skinzy

They did put these cars in the same category. Perhaps that was their mistake. Its clear that some of their rating categories are very subjective (i.e exterior & interior stuff) but performance is performance and should be an ordinal scale ranked across all cars

tgcrun

I don't care what they say. I LOVE my cab.

kosmo

theres no way the Infiniti should be on that list. Its overweight, the engine is unbalanced, and the interior is crap.
The E class, well, handles like a truck and is BORING to drive.

No way these 2 cars are > 991.