joker97: Why don't they test cars that people actually buy
Anyone old enough (and who grew up in the UK) will remember the likes of William Woollard and Angela Rippon doing precisely that on a very dull motoring show on the BBC called Top Gear that was eventually cancelled due to lack of viewer interest in 2001.
It was revived a year later in more or less current form to huge commercial success...which is why they do not test Ford Escorts etc anymore..!