Jeff Blyskal, associate editor of Consumer Reports magazine, says the promotional ballyhoo over alliances is much a do about nothing.

《消费者报告》杂志的副主编杰夫·布莱斯卡尔说，有关联盟的宣传大吹大擂是毫无意义的。

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"When we do it again next year I think we will see that Toyota has dropped slightly," says David Champion, the senior director of Consumer Reports' auto test center.

“当我们明年再次调查时，我认为我们会看到丰田的数据会略微下降，”消费者报告汽车测试中心的高级主管冠大卫说。

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"Quality has been the main difference between Toyota and the rest of the field," says Jake Fisher, senior engineer at Consumer Reports.

“质量已经成为丰田与其他汽车制造商之间的主要差异”，《消费者报告》的资深工程师Jake Firsher说。

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Mari McQueen of Consumer Reports says for most people, it's no better than carefully reading statements, because the monitoring services don't prevent fraud.

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Consumer Reports says it drew on research from a 2006 Entrepreneur.com article that analyzed the amount of additional fuel burned by heavy drivers.

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Simply, the iPhone 4 works better than pretty much any other phone you can buy, and even Consumer Reports says so, calling it the best smartphone on the market.

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