I never buy the first year of a redesigned car, etc. This is why.
When it comes to cars, progress often means problems. Consumer Reports latest auto dependability survey, released Monday, tells the story. All-new or completely redesigned cars and SUVs tend to have the most problems. Basically, the latest thing is also the most trouble-prone.
Take the Honda (HMC) Civic, for instance. The 2016 Civic is an all-new, totally re-engineered model. Car critics loved it so much that it won the North American Car of the Year award in January, a prize given out by a jury of auto writers. But customers have experienced so many glitches and failures that the car ranked "Much worse than average" in the new dependability survey.