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C. E. White wrote:[color=blue]
> "DH" <dh@stargate.com> wrote in message
> news:459d167e$0$4772$88260bb3@free.teranews.com...
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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]
>
> 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?
>
> 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[/color]

The top-rated small cars for safety are:

Honda Civic
Subaru Impreza
Nissan Versa

"http://www.iihs.org/ratings/summary.aspx?class=40"

The Corolla did rather poorly.

For mini-cars, the Toyota Yaris was top-rated, and the Scion Xb did only
slightly worse than the Chevy Aveo, with better front and rear ratings,
but poorer side ratings due to the lack of side air bags. The Scion Xb
is definitely a vehicle to avoid, due to the lack of side airbags.

"http://www.iihs.org/ratings/summary.aspx?class=90"