Consumer Reports: You should buy a $70,000 Tesla

Consumer Reports named Tesla's all-electric Model S as its best overall vehicle to buy in 2014. The battery-powered car, which starts at an admittedly pricey $70,000, was recognized for its "blistering acceleration" and "razor-sharp handling." Tesla's win is a surprise, the Wall Street Journal notes, since Japanese companies have dominated 70 percent of the top rankings since 1997. This year, they took only five of the top 10 spots.

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Jordan Valinsky is the lead writer for Speed Reads. Before joining The Week, he wrote for New York Observer's tech blog, Betabeat, and tracked the intersection between popular culture and the internet for The Daily Dot. He graduated with a degree in online journalism from Ohio University.