"Consumer Reports" continues its tradition of automotive testing and reporting excellence with the 1997 edition of its "New Car Buying Guide". Ratings for over 100 new cars, light trucks, sport-utility vehicles, and minivans are included, plus frequency-of-repair charts to help new car buyers select economical, safe, comfortable, and reliable automobiles. Photos.

This specialty buying guide presents easy-to-use historical profiles of some 200 models--cars, trucks, minivans, sport utility vehicles--giving readers a comprehensive view of each model as a used car.

This comprehensive guide, updated for the 2003 model year, provides buyers with all the information they need to buy any new vehicle.

Presents the Consumer Reports 2007-2008 new car buying guide that includes comparison charts, ratings and reviews, and leasing information.

With the average price of a new car now exceeding $18,000, this is the guide used-car buyers wait for--the one the New York Daily News called the most useful guide on the market. This guide will steer consumers to the makes and models most likely to provide reliable and practical transportation, and help minimize the chance of making an expensive mistake.