350z makes it into forbes top 20 dangerous vehicles
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From: Pa
Originally Posted by Playboy's Z
the z is fast hands down and other than a z06 its the best bang for your buck car. this car is not for an average driver, a person needs experience to drive this car even close to the limit.
best bang for the buck ? lol no.
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all better bang for buck,.. 3****yZ has no bang.
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Originally Posted by ACI318
Just wait for the new Camaro to come out, it will take the Z's place with dangerous drivers.
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What I find curious about the IIHS results is that 350Z is number three HIGHEST and yet Infiniti G35 is number two LOWEST (see here).
Says a lot about the difference in demographic between the two!
-Ed
EDIT: Wow just noticed G35 has almost half the fatality rating of the ES330, which is essentially the Buick of Lexuses (which is like, the Buick of Japanese luxury brands)!
Says a lot about the difference in demographic between the two!
-Ed
EDIT: Wow just noticed G35 has almost half the fatality rating of the ES330, which is essentially the Buick of Lexuses (which is like, the Buick of Japanese luxury brands)!
Last edited by EddNog; Jul 31, 2007 at 09:33 AM.
Originally Posted by Eliane
Those most dangerous car statistics are ridiculous. A sports car is the safest car type on the streets as long as you don’t drive faster a normal – better handling, brakes and overtakes faster etc. However, the reality looks different b/c most sport car owner drive faster as normal with their sports car – result more accidents and bad statistics and therefore higher insurance premiums.
The only "sports car" on the list is the S2000 purely because side airbags aren't offered. It even said its a safe car aside from that. The entire list is comprised of SUV's, pick-up trucks, and sub-compact/compact economy cars. No real surprise there, and it makes me chuckle that everyone runs out to buy SUV's when they have a kid "because they are safer." I'll stick to sports cars and maybe a four door sports sedan when I decide to be a dad.
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one thing u have to ask is how they got their numbers. . . did they simply go by number deaths or did they go by the number of deaths taking into account the number of Zs out there. If they did it the first way, the number would be misleadingly high. the Z is a bestseller. they should have done it the second way to get an accurate number. . . cus there are a lot more 350z's out there than say pontiac solstices.
Originally Posted by edchoy02
If you read the article you would know that the Z is NOT in the top 20. The article uses the Z as an example on death rates but did not rank the Z in the top 20.
Originally Posted by fizmixa
i looked through their list and didn't see the 350z in their top 20. they just mention the Z at the beginning of the article..
Originally Posted by hndumafia
^ beat me to it.
the Z is mentioned in the article, but is not actually listed as one of the top 20 most dangerous. the s2000, however, is.
the Z is mentioned in the article, but is not actually listed as one of the top 20 most dangerous. the s2000, however, is.
Originally Posted by Black_Sunshine
It was mentioned in the article, but wasn't in the list. 
Originally Posted by onedirtyz
Originally Posted by forbes
Hoping to stay safe on the road? You might want to avoid certain cars.
For example, the Nissan (nasdaq: NSANY - news - people ) 350Z has a death rate that's about double that of the average sports car.
But it's not for the reasons you might think. In this case, says Russ Rader, communications director for the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), an organization that represents the interests of the insurance industry, the 350Z is part of a group of vehicles that tends to be driven by younger, less experienced or riskier drivers, and stands out for having high death rates, through no particular fault of the car.
"When they are in crashes," he adds, "they're particularly serious ones."
For example, the Nissan (nasdaq: NSANY - news - people ) 350Z has a death rate that's about double that of the average sports car.
But it's not for the reasons you might think. In this case, says Russ Rader, communications director for the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), an organization that represents the interests of the insurance industry, the 350Z is part of a group of vehicles that tends to be driven by younger, less experienced or riskier drivers, and stands out for having high death rates, through no particular fault of the car.
"When they are in crashes," he adds, "they're particularly serious ones."
Originally Posted by Arnold K.
I'll reiterate what only about 4 people noticed: the Z didn't make the list, it was just briefly mentioned.
Originally Posted by Kuruma-san
BTW the Z isnt even on that "top 20" list, read the article.
Originally Posted by n_patel77
can't believe it... but i look thru that thing twice... the Z is not even on the list..... that was hilarious.... nice to see the S2K is on it.... and the scion....
Originally Posted by fast kiwi
just just about to say the same.. its not in the top twenty at all.. S2000 made it though lol.. but NO Z in there..
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Which goes back to my point about the difference in demographic between G35 and Z, which are, technically speaking, almost equal in terms of safety, yet on the two extremes in terms of the IIHS analysis.
-Ed
-Ed
Originally Posted by Twinturbo2800
best bang for the buck ? lol no.
C5
gto.
evo.
sti.
all better bang for buck,.. 3****yZ has no bang.
C5
gto.
evo.
sti.
all better bang for buck,.. 3****yZ has no bang.
You can't beat MPG or oil consumption. Bang bang bang son!!!
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If you actually read it you will see that they said this about the Z...
"the 350Z is part of a group of vehicles that tends to be driven by younger, less experienced or riskier drivers, and stands out for having high death rates, through no particular fault of the car."
and like others said was just used as an example and isnt even on the top 20 list...
"the 350Z is part of a group of vehicles that tends to be driven by younger, less experienced or riskier drivers, and stands out for having high death rates, through no particular fault of the car."
and like others said was just used as an example and isnt even on the top 20 list...
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