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"C. E. White" <cewhite3@removemindspring.com> wrote in message
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> "DH" <dh@stargate.com> wrote in message
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>> different - and nice - Toyotas which eke out 40-41mpg. Toyota's
>> aggressive moves at the low-end of the market with Yaris and the Scion
>> brand are going to steal a whole generation of new buyers from GM and
>> Ford[/color]
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> So why did sales of Scion models drop 9% (for the tC) to 20% (for the xB)
> from December of 2005 to December of 2006? Could it possibly be becasue
> the three Scion models have some of the worst safety records of any
> vehicles sold in the US?
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> Dec Dec Chag
> Model 2006 2005
> SCION xA 2,000 2,392 -13.2
> SCION xB 3,330 4,341 -20.3
> SCION tC 4,996 5,724 -9.4
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> IIHS Injury Loss Ratings (lower is better, 100 is average)
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> Model Rating
> SCION xA 178 (worst in its class)
> SCION xB 156 (worst in its class)
> SCION tC 172 (worst i its class)
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Uh-huh. Like you'd be any safer in a crApVEO.
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> The press rarely says anything bad about Toyota. With all the heat on
> safety, it seems like the press ougt to call Toyota out for building some
> of the most dangerous vehicles sold in this country.[/color]

Sure. "Media bias" is the last refuge of whiners, you know.
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> Only one Toyota car has a better than average safety rating - The Avalon.
> The Camry has a 110 injury loss rating (worse than average). The Matrix
> has the next to worst worst injury loss rating of any vehicle in its
> class. And here is one for irony - I am sure everyone remebers the IIHS
> offset crash test where the 4 Door Tundra did really well and the 4 door
> F150 sucked. Well in the real world the 4 Door F150 has a 59 injury loss
> rating (much better than average) and the 4 door Tundra has an 89 rating
> (better than average). So despite all the claims that the Tundra is
> "safer" than the Ford, the real world experience is the exact opposite.
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> Ed[/color]

Are those Ford injury loss ratings adjusted for days the vehicle couldn't be
driven because it was waiting for repairs?

In 2002, the IIHS report put the '99-'00 Rav4 as 5th best on the list of ALL
vehicles, regardless of "class." That's pretty remarkable for a 2600 lb
vehicle that's sharing the road with Hummers.

Between the winnners and the runner-ups, I don't recall seeing ANY GM,
Chrysler or Ford cars on this list:

[url]http://www.iihs.org/news/rss/pr112106.html[/url]

And, as I noted, the fuel economy of the crApVEO sucks. According to the
IIHS, Yaris gets 34/39 and the crApVEO gets 26/34.

I banked more money again this month. No money spent on car repairs, again.
My 4 Toyotas are a reliable way to get to the bank. It's so nice to get to
the end of the year with more money in your pocket. And, should I decide to
get a different car - a Toyota, of course - even my 8 year-old Toyota could
be sold to make up a good down payment. My friends with Toyotas prefer that
I drive Toyotas, that way I don't have to beg a ride to the dealer to pick
up my car at the end of the day. My friends without Toyotas are often glad
I have a Toyota, because they can beg a ride to the dealer to pick up their
car at the end of the day.



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