Mazda6 on 2006 unsafe list?
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Mazda6 on 2006 unsafe list?
Forbes has the 06 Mazda6 on the unsafe car list. I wonder what they didn't like about it. I figured it had much of the same safety parts as the RX8. (airbags, side impact beams, etc.)
http://www.forbes.com/vehicles/2005/...24feat_ls.html
http://www.forbes.com/vehicles/2005/...24feat_ls.html
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I just looked n the unsafe list and they bashed every single car except for the 6. The blurb about the 6 seems more like a praise than actually calling the vehicle unsafe so you can't tell why it's considered unsafe.
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Yeah, its weird they just put it on there with no explanation. I also saw the Lancer and Lancer Evo got poor ratings for side impact. Come on Mitsubishi! If you are going to design a rally car for the street make it safe.
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Originally Posted by Chrisbert
Yeah, its weird they just put it on there with no explanation. I also saw the Lancer and Lancer Evo got poor ratings for side impact. Come on Mitsubishi! If you are going to design a rally car for the street make it safe.
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To be sure we were on steady ground in calling certain cars "unsafe," we fashioned our list out of cars that received multiple "poor" ratings from the IIHS. Both a list of cars with only one "poor" rating and a list of cars with one or more three-star ratings from NHTSA would have been unwieldy, with over 20 cars each.
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Another basic, small, unsafe sedan with few charms, the Sentra is what you drive to high school, not what you drive to work if you want to get promoted.
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the car you drive is a factor in whether you get promoted? then dont work there (if you upgrade to a better car its "oh he has plenty of money lets give it to the poor guy")
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Some models from these brands--which are hardly for social climbers--satisfy bargain hunters but require them to take their chances with personal safety.
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The Optima also has poor residual values and, with its 2.7-liter engine, achieves an average fuel economy of 20 mpg overall *, which is pretty bad for a family sedan
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