There’s some good news for Tesla as Consumer Reports released their annual owner satisfaction survey and the Tesla Model S placed at the top of the list.
Not only did the car place at the top, but it did so with a near perfect rating. It scored 99 out of a possible 100 which Consumer Reports says is the best any car has done in years.
Tesla toppled another electric vehicle, the Chevy Volt, from the top of the list where it had sat for the last two years in a row. It fell to the number three position with a score of 91. In the middle of the two sitting at second place with a score of 95 was the Porsche Boxster.
Despite its slip down the rankings to third place, the Chevy Volt didn’t so much perform badly as the Tesla Model S performed outstandingly. Last year, to get the number one spot, the Volt only had to score a 92. That’s just one point higher than this year’s 91 score and it still would have left them in third place this time around.
Reports by Tesla owners about their high satisfaction with their cars is in line with what Consumer Reports experienced in their ratings of the Tesla Model S back in May of this year. They gave it a near perfect score, too.
The owner satisfaction ratings in the survey are based on the responses of 350,000 subscribers who have purchased cars in the last several years. Those subscribers were asked if they would purchase the same car again which gave the percentage rankings to each vehicle.
The survey was conducted before the three reported engine fires in the Model S, but given how enthusiastic owners have been about their Teslas, including the owner of one of the vehicles that caught fire, it’s doubtful doing the survey again today would knock them from their perch.
Nicole Wakelin fell in love with cars as a teenager when she got to go for a ride in a Ferrari. It was red and it was fast and that was all that mattered. Game over. She considers things a bit more carefully now, but still has a weakness for fast, beautiful cars. Nicole also writes for NerdApproved and GeekMom.
