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"SMS" <scharf.steven@geemail.com> wrote in message
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> C. E. White wrote:[color=green]
>> "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]
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> The top-rated small cars for safety are:
>
> Honda Civic
> Subaru Impreza
> Nissan Versa
>
> "http://www.iihs.org/ratings/summary.aspx?class=40"
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> 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"[/color]

You are talking about the IIHS ratings based on their specific crash tests.
i was referring to the injury loss ratings which are compiled by insurance
companies and used to rate cars for insurance purposes. The xB had a much
worse than average injury loss rating, as did the Corolla. The Yaris is too
new to have an injury loss rating yet.

Ed