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We recently told you about how the angriest drivers in Britain tend to be behind the wheel of a BMW. Now we have some speeding/insurance info from the States, and it's a bit surprising.
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Speed Ticket Survey: Mercedes-Benz SL and Toyota Solara Drivers Top the List
We recently told you about how the angriest drivers in Britain tend to be behind the wheel of a BMW. Now we have some speeding/insurance info from the States, and it's a bit surprising.
According to Quality Planning, a division of Verisk Analytics Inc., American Mercedes SL drivers are at least four times more likely to get ticketed than a run-of-the-mill motorist who presumably drives a Camry Solara or...no, wait, the Camry Solara/Coupe and Scion tC come in at second and third.
Oddly, the Pontiac Grand Prix is still on the list and making waves (scroll down for the full list with stats).
- Survey: And The Worst Backseat Drivers Are...
We have studies on just about everything nowadays, so it comes to no surprise that someone paid for one to find out who are the worst passengers, according to drivers. The results of the survey of 500 drivers commissioned by the Insurance site are not...
- Feds Expand Investigation Of Toyota Models Over Fire Risk To 1.4 Million Vehicles
The U.S. government has added approximately 570,000 vehicles to an ongoing probe of a power window master switch located on the driver's door on certain Toyota models that could pose a fire risk, increasing the total number of vehicles investigated...
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Federal safety regulators have opened a preliminary investigation into a possible fire risk in approximately 830,000 Toyota Camry sedans, Camry Solara coupes and cabriolets and RAV4 SUVs from the 2007 model year. The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety...
- Insurance Survey Says Teen Girls Speed More Than Boys...
Allstate Insurance Company recently did a nationwide survey of teenage drivers (the worst kind) consisting of 1,063 people and found out some not-so-surprising facts. Of the teenage females surveyed, 48% said they were "likely to drive 10 miles...
- Coupeizing Good Sedans
Turning your garden variety sedan into a two-door coupe isn't a simple chop job. Automakers rightly assume that the coupe buyer needs to see more than just missing doors to assume the coupe version is a good version. Therefore, the manufacturer decides...