According to the latests goverenment tests the RX8 is the least
likely vehicle to suffer a rollover.
So toss 'em sideways boys!!!!!

 

Heh. Somehow, after a high speed track event and many autocrosses, I kinda figured it wouldnt roll over too easy :D

 

Well I can tell you that after this week end, it won't roll over.

I tried several times to change direction while in the middle of the apex in several corners on a stretch of highway.

Speed limit is 10 and well I was doing 58 plus.

The car would only slide it's tires sideways. Good to know I can adjust the sterring, punch it and pull right out of the corners.

Can't wait for my first run on the racetrack.

 

Dang it....you beat me to it. hehe. But you left out the details. According to our news channel, the RX8 rolls over 8% of the time in a crash, being the best out of all of the cars tested. The worst was the Ford Explorer 4X2 at something like 38% of the time. So add one more tic mark to the RX8 score board.

 

roll over i can bet any amount of money this car won't roll over. Last night i made a 90 degree turn at 67mph and car didnt' even squeel. I tried the came in a corvette zo6 i almost killed everyone around me. This car handles just amazing. That is why when i race somone on the freeway i just pray for more traffic as i know i can cut and handle my way through anything and beat any car. Straightline is a different story. Loving the rx-8.

 

So did the 'Government' try to roll over an RX-8 100 times, and it only actually rolled over 8 times?

Oh, I know! They calculated the likelyhood of roll-over using the vehicle dimensions and weight, then divided that by center of gravity, right?

No, maybe they collected totally random, unrelated accident data from all over the US and based their decision on that?

See what I am getting at? You can 't put percentages on things like 'rolloverability', a good driver is just as likely to save a roll on an Explorer as a bad one will lose it in an RX-8. In Europe the MX-5/Roadstar got poor reviews for rollover protection, but the MX5 was the only car in the test that landed flat on its lid when it rolled, the others spun on the corners of the car. The result was nothing to do with the safety of the car, it was just luck, or lack of it, that the car landed on the test dummies heads!

Rant, rant.....

 

OK ok. Its not the car but the situation you are in when the accident takes place. I dont know if the SUV driver knew he was going to blow a tire then roll over like 6 times. But I do know that SUV's are top heavy and haveing a lower center of gravity is better. IE this Lambo wipes out doing well over 150mph, into a brick wall, takes out a light poll but never rolled. Know what I mean?...

 

Duplicate thread. For more information, see the Media forum where it's already been posted. Closing.