在美國《消費者報告》（Consumer Reports）公布的年度汽車品牌排行榜中，電動汽車制造商特斯拉（Tesla）打敗通用汽車公司（GM），福特（Ford）以及菲亞特克萊斯勒（Fiat Chrysler）等眾多美國汽車巨頭，榮獲美國最佳汽車品牌。

這讓人們覺得不可思議，因為特斯拉的規模比福特和通用等其他美國汽車制造商小得多；而且僅憑Model S轎車和Model X SUV兩款車型，就奪得了桂冠。

舉例來說，通用旗下的雪佛蘭品牌就擁有20款車型。根據本周三剛發布的銷售報告，雪佛蘭今年2月份在美國交付了164,095輛車，而特斯拉在2016年全球范圍內僅賣出76,230輛車。

這是特斯拉首次上榜.別克（Buick）則成為位列第二的美國品牌。

一旦特斯拉把Model 3加入它的產品組合中，保持住排名就成為它接下來要面對的挑戰 – 這主要取決于該車型的可靠性、安全性、道路測試以及車主滿意度。售價35000美金的Model 3被公認將會大規模量產，預計將從今年下半年開始投產。

然而，特斯拉、別克，和其它美國汽車品牌：像通用旗下的凱迪拉克（Cadillac）、克萊斯勒、福特、林肯（Lincoln）和吉普（Jeep）等，全部落后于德國的奧迪（Audi）、寶馬（BMW）和保時捷（Porsche），這三者在2017年《消費者報告》的品牌榜中名列前茅。

奧迪獲得了《消費者報告》年度指標的最高品牌總分，從而蟬聯冠軍。保時捷，寶馬，雷克薩斯（Lexus）以及斯巴魯（Subaru）位居前五。

根據《消費者報告》的評分表，保時捷與寶馬各上升兩位，雷克薩斯則下降一位，斯巴魯下降了三位。

前十名分別是：

1. 奧迪—德國

2. 保時捷—德國

3. 寶馬—德國

4. 雷克薩斯—日本

5. 斯巴魯—日本

6. 起亞—韓國

7. 馬自達—日本

8. 特斯拉—美國

9. 本田—日本

10. 別克—美國 (通用汽車旗下品牌)

《消費者報告》基于綜合道路測試、預期可靠性、車主滿意度和安全性，對每個品牌下的每一款車型進行評分，然后取所有車型的平均分作為品牌得分。（《消費者報告》并不評估企業行為，例如困擾大眾集團和它旗下奧迪、保時捷等其它品牌的柴油車排放丑聞）

評選體系僅包含經《消費者報告》測試過的已上市車型。

排在最后的品牌是菲亞特。吉普，三菱（Mitsubishi），路虎（Land Rover）以及道奇（Dodge）均排在榜單末尾。

《消費者報告》還給出了（品牌下）獲得推薦購買評級的車型占全部被測車型的百分比。今年，只有保時捷，寶馬和馬自達的全部被測車型均獲得了推薦，這體現了其品牌整個生產線的一致性和高質量。

而據《消費者報告》顯示，奧迪，本田和現代，則以86%的推薦率領先于其他品牌。（財富中文網）

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譯者：梅寒玥

All-electric automaker Tesla beat out U.S. giants GM, Ford, and Fiat Chrysler to become the highest ranked American brand in Consumer Reports' annual report card of which companies make the best cars.

The designation is notable because of Tesla's size compared to other U.S. automakers like Ford Motor and General Motors; and that it earned the position based on just two electric models, the Model S sedan and Model X SUV.

For instance, GM's Chevrolet brand has 20 models. Chevrolet delivered 164,095 vehicles in the U.S. in February, according to sales results released Wednesday. Tesla delivered 76,230 vehicles globally in all of 2016.

This is the first year Tesla has made the list. Buick is the second highest ranked American brand on the list.

The future challenge for Tesla will be to maintain its ranking—which is based on reliability, safety, road tests and owner satisfaction—once it adds the Model 3 to its portfolio. The $35,000 Model 3 is meant to be a large volume production car. Production is expected to begin in the second half of the year.

However, Tesla, Buick, and the rest of the American brands such as GM's Cadillac, Chrysler, Ford, Lincoln, and Jeep all fell behind German automakers Audi, BMW, and Porsche, which took the top spots on the 2017 Brand Report Card from Consumer Reports.

Audi received the highest overall brand score in Consumer Reports' annual indicator of the best cars for the second year in a row. Porsche, BMW, Lexus, and Subaru rounded out the top five.

Porsche and BMW each rose by two spots, while Lexus fell back one spot, and Subaru moved down by three, according to the CR scorecard.

The top 10 are:

1. Audi—Germany

2. Porsche—Germany

3. BMW—Germany

4. Lexus—Japan

5. Subaru—Japan

6. Kia—South Korea

7. Mazda—Japan

8. Tesla—USA

9. Honda—Japan

10. Buick—USA (a General Motors brand)

Consumer Reports ranks each brand by taking the overall score of each tested model of a brand—a figure based on a combination of the organization's road tests, predicted reliability, owner satisfaction, and safety. It then averages each overall score to determine total brand score. (Consumer Reports does not rate corporate behavior such as the diesel emissions scandal that has plagued Volkswagen Group and its other brands Audi and Porsche.)

Only vehicles that are on the market and that CR tested factor into the equation.

The lowest ranked brand is Fiat. Jeep, Mitsubishi, Land Rover, and Dodge were also at the tail end of the rankings.

Consumer Reports also indicates the percentage of tested models that earned at recommended (to buy) designation. This year, only Porsche, BMW, and Mazda earned a recommendation on every model Consumer Reports tested, showing consistency and quality across the entire vehicle line up.

Audi, Honda, and Hyundai lead the other brands, with 86 percent of their tested lines being recommended, Consumer Reports says.