The Ford Maverick has earned a spot on Consumer Reports’ Top Picks list, as reported by the Detroit News

Ford Motor Co’s Maverick Hybrid was once again the only Detroit automaker to make Consumer Reports’ “Top Picks” list, marking the second time the company has achieved this feat. The Maverick compact truck also made the list last year. In 2022, Ford’s electric Mustang Mach-E also made the list, while no Detroit Three vehicles made the list in 2021. Consumer Reports also released its brand rankings, with European and Japanese brands dominating the top 10 due to their solid reliability. General Motors Co.’s Buick brand placed the highest on the list at No. 13, followed by Cadillac at No. 14. GM’s Chevrolet brand came in at No. 22 and GMC was GM’s lowest-ranking brand at No. 31. The Ford Motor Co. Ford brand came in at No. 17 and Lincoln came in at No. 21. Stellantis NV’s brands ranked at the bottom of the list, with Chrysler at No. 24, Dodge at No. 25, Maserati at No. 27, Alfa Romeo at No. 28, and Jeep dead last at No. 34. Consumer Reports’ senior director of automotive testing, Jake Fisher, stated that while Cadillac, Ford, and Buick have similar road test scores to Acura and Toyota, the issue tends to be reliability, which drags them down. Consumer Reports selects the year’s top models from hundreds of current vehicles. “Top Picks” vehicles receive the highest scores in CR’s ratings, and the organization tested more than 250 vehicles and had member survey stats on more than 330,000 vehicles that it used for both “Top Picks” and Brand Rankings. Since plug-in hybrid demand is growing, CR expanded testing and rating for those vehicles and evaluated 13 popular PHEVs. The organization noted that PHEVs are often “quicker, quieter, and more satisfying to drive than the gas-only versions of the same vehicles.” Only three of this year’s “Top Picks” vehicles are repeat winners from the prior year: the Subaru Forester, Toyota Camry Hybrid, and Ford Maverick/Maverick Hybrid. The seven new entrants are the Tesla Model Y, Subaru Crosstrek, Mazda3, Toyota Prius/Prius Prime, Toyota Highlander Hybrid, Toyota RAV4 Prime, and BMW X5/X5 PHEV. Ford CEO Jim Farley tweeted about the Maverick again making the “Top Picks” list. German automaker BMW landed in the No. 1 spot in the brand rankings, making it the first back-to-back winner since 2017. Japanese automaker Subaru took the second spot as it did last year. Volkswagen AG’s Porsche is new to the top 10 this year at No. 3 after placing No. 14 out of 32 brands last year. Other brands in the top 10 were Honda, Lexus, Mini, Kia, Mazda, Toyota, and Hyundai. On the domestic side, Cadillac moved to No. 14 from the No. 24 spot last year, marking its highest ranking in seven years. Buick came in at No. 13 from No. 12 last year. GMC moved from No. 31 to No. 27. Chevrolet moved to No. 22 from No. 23. Ford came in at No. 17, its highest charting since 2016. Lincoln dropped to No. 21 after hitting No. 16 last year. Dodge went from No. 15 last year down to No. 25 this year. Jeep came in dead last this year after coming in second to last last year. Alfa Romeo came in at No. 28 from No. 29 last year and Chrysler came in No. 24 from No. 25. Tesla came in at No. 18 after hitting No. 17 in 2023. GM declined to comment on the “Top Picks” and brand rankings, while Stellantis in a statement said it “regularly consults third-party survey information to improve the experiences of our customers.”