350z makes it into forbes top 20 dangerous vehicles
350z makes it into forbes top 20 dangerous vehicles
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Originally Posted by SINJI
*Keep it four wheels down and inside the white lines...I mean, if you feel like it.
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Originally Posted by SINJI
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Well, I guess if you look within our own comunity:
https://my350z.com/forum/2003-2009-nissan-350z/289419-hydroplaned-2007-350z-at-40mph-into-concrete-wall.html
https://my350z.com/forum/2003-2009-nissan-350z/289419-hydroplaned-2007-350z-at-40mph-into-concrete-wall.html
Forbes is about 4 months late. It looks like a re-hash of this article on USAtoday (both based on the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety)...
http://www.usatoday.com/money/autos/...t_N.htm?csp=34
http://www.usatoday.com/money/autos/...t_N.htm?csp=34
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 oneDIRTYz
not only did the z not make the top 20, they're not even saying it's a dangerous car. they're saying it attracts a more dangerous demographic of drivers.
+1 the Z can take hits
