Consumer Reports track tour video

Last year, Consumer Reports invited journalists to attend a media day at the Connecticut-based Auto Test Center. Timed to correspond with the launch of the April annual auto issue, the media event was an opportunity for print, Web, and broadcast journalists to learn about the latest survey findings and research to be published. Further, it was a chance to witness a demonstration of the process that each test vehicle goes through at the 327-acre facility.

While the CR team is working now on the 2008 April issue, AutoBlog has posted a video shot at last year's chilly event. In the video, you can see Senior Director David Champion and his engineering staff explain the test procedures, as well as see them demonstrated. The weather wasn't perfect that day, but the video does give a good taste of the hard work the team puts in evaluating each and every vehicle tested by Consumer Reports.

Click here to watch the video.

Learn more about how Consumer Reports tests cars.

—Jeff Bartlett

Comments

[David]

Thanks for the link. Excellent reporting by AutoBlog. It's good to see how CR does the testing. Did I see Tom with a cowboy hat on?

[Tom Mutchler]

LOL - no cowboy hat for me. I had a floppy gray wool hat on. (Well, my wife likes it....)