What's New

Updated customer support contact information

App Description

The Consumer Reports Car Buying Guide iPhone app will help you navigate the new automobile buying process from beginning to end.

Don’t get taken for a ride as you shop for your new vehicle - get tips and tricks to help you negotiate pricing and financing like a pro.

360 VR Test Drive
We put you in the passenger seat as the Consumer Reports Auto Test team takes our cars through their paces at the largest and most sophisticated independent automobile testing center devoted to the consumer interest anywhere in the world.

If you are a current Consumer Reports website subscriber, you have full access to this app including Consumer Reports Car Ratings and road test videos. If you are not a website subscriber, you may download this app for free but must purchase the upgrade to receive access to Consumer Reports car Ratings and road test videos.*


Features include:
•MSRP and invoice look up
•New and Used car information
•Overall Score (new)
-Consumer Reports’ new scoring system encapsulates road-test performance, reliability, owner satisfaction, and safety into one overall score, which will make it simpler to identify the models that are truly best in class.
•Survey information based on 780,000 vehicles covering:
-Owner satisfaction
-Maintenance costs
-Reliability
•Browse cars by type
•Auto lease/loan payment calculator
•Information on how to get the best trade-in
•Vehicle price negotiating tips
•Ways to get the best interest rate
•Ability to save and compare calculations
•Build and Buy access for CR Subscribers
•360 VR Test Drive
We put you in the passenger seat as the Consumer Reports Auto Test team takes our cars through their paces at the largest and most sophisticated independent automobile testing center devoted to the consumer interest anywhere in the world.


Consumer Reports subscribers and app upgrade purchasers will have access to:
•Consumer Reports Car Ratings
•Consumer Reports road test video summaries





* In-app purchases of the monthly $2.99 pass are charged to your iTunes account upon confirmation of the purchase. Your pass will AUTOMATICALLY RENEW unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours prior to the end of the current billing period. You may manage your subscriptions and turn off auto-renew by going to Manage Purchases in the Settings section of your iTunes account.

Privacy Policy
http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/mobile-app/mobile-app-privacy-policy/index.htm

End User Licence Agreement
http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/mobile-app/mobile-app-eula/index.htm

iPhone Screenshots

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App Changes

  • June 09, 2014 Initial release
  • July 22, 2014 New version 1.1
  • September 23, 2014 New version 1.2
  • November 25, 2014 New version 1.3
  • April 27, 2015 New version 1.4
  • September 09, 2015 New version 1.4.1
  • November 09, 2015 New version 2.0
  • June 23, 2016 New version 2.2
  • November 07, 2016 New version 2.4
  • December 19, 2016 New version 2.4.1

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