8 gets 5 star rollover protection rating
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From: NorCal
Originally Posted by Tamas
USA Today had an article stating the RX-8's higest rollover resistancy among vehicles tested by NHTSA.
It's pretty lame that they posted an RX-Evolv picture instead of a real RX-8 in the article though.
It's pretty lame that they posted an RX-Evolv picture instead of a real RX-8 in the article though.
Originally Posted by cgrx
I flipped my RX-8 !
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From: Bikini Bottom
Originally Posted by Aratinga
Pictures of crash-tested RX-8 included!
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/NCAP/Cars/3005.html
Note that the RX-8 gets four and five stars across the board, and has a Static Stability Factor of 1.59, which indicates it is very unlikely to roll over. Most passengers cars rate between 1.30 and 1.50 (the higher the number, the less likely the car is to roll).
No rear-impact crash data is listed, but the fact that I'm here typing this is pretty good indication that the car deserves 4-5 stars there as well.
Edit: Aaack... I just noticed that they list the car as wrong-wheel-drive! I emailed them and asked them to fix that.
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/NCAP/Cars/3005.html
Note that the RX-8 gets four and five stars across the board, and has a Static Stability Factor of 1.59, which indicates it is very unlikely to roll over. Most passengers cars rate between 1.30 and 1.50 (the higher the number, the less likely the car is to roll).
No rear-impact crash data is listed, but the fact that I'm here typing this is pretty good indication that the car deserves 4-5 stars there as well.
Edit: Aaack... I just noticed that they list the car as wrong-wheel-drive! I emailed them and asked them to fix that.
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All the cars tested under the same conditions. Regardless of whether or not those conditions are representative of the real world is irrelevant. They are merely reporting that under the controlled conditions, the results are what the results are. Good on the 8.
I'm just stating the obvious.
I'm just stating the obvious.
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From: Riverside, CA
Originally Posted by experimental
The Rx-8 is pictured on the front page, but the Evolv was pictured on another page- same issue of the paper. I don't have it handy, but it is like back in the B section..
Guilty as charged, I only saw the pic on the front cover!
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