The cars drivers love and hate

It is often said that drivers have a love-hate relationship with their car: love the freedom, hate the payments. But it goes much deeper to whether the car lives up to expectations and satisfies your ever-changing needs. To keep pulse on how satisfied owners are with their cars, Consumer Reports conducts a large-scale annual survey that asks: Would you buy your car again?

The answers based on about 350,000 vehicles are illuminating. We typically find the cars that inspire the strongest consumer loyalty are those that are either fun to drive, deliver great fuel economy, are fashionably green, or envelop owners in a high-tech, luxurious driving environment. This year, the Tesla Model S all-electric luxury sports sedan, which provides all of those attributes, tops the ratings.

Owners of the Tesla Model S gave it the highest owner-satisfaction score Consumer Reports has seen in years: 99 out of 100. Coincidentally, the owner-satisfaction score matches the near-perfect 99 overall test score for the Model S.