RX-8 Rollover Risk Ranked Best
10-15-2004 | 12:30 AM
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RX-8 Rollover Risk Ranked Best
This is an older story, from June 2004, but I hadn't seen it before tonight.
Mazda RX-8 Ranked Safest From Rollover
NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - The Mazda RX-8 was the only car to get the top rating in a new government test for the risk of a rollover accident, but six of 16 light trucks tested tipped up on two wheels.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) ranked 33 cars and light trucks from the 2004 model year on their chance of rolling over in a single-vehicle accident. Light trucks include sport/utility vehicles, pickups and minivans.
Only the Mazda RX-8 received the top rating of five stars in the latest round of testing using NHTSA's new avoidance maneuver driving test. A five-star rating indicates less than a 10 percent chance of a rollover. But the RX-8 did less well, receiving four out of a possible five stars, in most of the traditional crash test rankings released Monday.
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Mazda RX-8 Ranked Safest From Rollover
NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - The Mazda RX-8 was the only car to get the top rating in a new government test for the risk of a rollover accident, but six of 16 light trucks tested tipped up on two wheels.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) ranked 33 cars and light trucks from the 2004 model year on their chance of rolling over in a single-vehicle accident. Light trucks include sport/utility vehicles, pickups and minivans.
Only the Mazda RX-8 received the top rating of five stars in the latest round of testing using NHTSA's new avoidance maneuver driving test. A five-star rating indicates less than a 10 percent chance of a rollover. But the RX-8 did less well, receiving four out of a possible five stars, in most of the traditional crash test rankings released Monday.
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10-15-2004 | 01:52 AM
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shelley's man where are you................lets repost that hilarious video of the woman driving an EVO like crazy and then flipping the biatch over and its a f_cking garage sale as pieces strip off the car and fly everywhere!
then say...should have bought an 8 cause you'd still have the hood, boot, roof, nose, etc. of your car still intact because it would have never flipped over in the first place
then say...should have bought an 8 cause you'd still have the hood, boot, roof, nose, etc. of your car still intact because it would have never flipped over in the first place
10-15-2004 | 04:35 PM
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It's damn near impossible to find an RX-8 ROTF,
It's damn near impossible to find an RX-owner who's not ROTF-L,
The RX-8 has a very Low Centre of Gravity,
The RX-owner has a very Low Centre of Humour!
It's damn near impossible to find an RX-owner who's not ROTF-L,
The RX-8 has a very Low Centre of Gravity,
The RX-owner has a very Low Centre of Humour!
10-15-2004 | 04:39 PM
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You're a little late, but it's still a good story.
https://www.rx8club.com/rx-8-media-news-11/8-gets-5-star-rollover-protection-rating-30578/
https://www.rx8club.com/rx-8-media-news-11/8-gets-5-star-rollover-protection-rating-30578/
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