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extended warrantyEveryone knows that sex sells; sex sells tv shows, books, and even vehicles.  Forbes.com has an article about how safety does not sell. Safety, to most westerners, is not preeminent when purchasing things. Although we talk a lot about safety, our purchasing habits don’t always reflect our concerns, which translates into companies building things that sell well. Thus, we have sexy cars outselling safe cars by a large margin

 There are plenty of fast sexy cars on the road, but how many earn the highest safety marks?

Sex appeal can translate into big sales volume, but safety technology almost never does. With the exception of Honda Motor, the brands that are most famous for building safe cars– Volvo and German car companies such as DaimlerChrysler’s Mercedes-Benz subsidiary–are not volume players.


So how many cars had the highest possible safety rating this year?  Not many.  In fact, just four cars can boast this achievement.  These are the Acura RL, Honda Civic, Saab 9-3, Volvo S-80.  

If you are not concerned about safety, check out this very interesting fact about the safety ratings.  

The difference between a good crash-test rating and a poor one is significant: A five-star NHTSA frontal-crash rating means a chance of serious injury of 10% or less in a head-on collision in which each vehicle is going 35 mph. A one-star rating means a chance of 46% or higher. NHTSA defines a "serious injury" as one that requires immediate hospitalization and may be life-threatening.


So that’s what those stars mean.  I think I will check those ratings a little more closely from now on.  How about you?  It’s great to buy a sexy car, but hopefully it will be a safe one too. 

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Posted on Wednesday, May 3rd, 2006 at 5:07 am In Auto Warranty  


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