Lots of wrecked Z's...

Pharmacist

agreed. There does seem to be a perception based on this forum that 370z are getting into wrecks more often than normal. Maybe its true or maybe it's just an artifact of the low number of Z's already on the road like Unknown said. The only way we'll know is if we can access statistics about accident rates. Insurance companies I think might have this kind of data. How can it be accessed?

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Red__Zed

Most insurance companies are pretty tight-lipped with it since it is proprietary and gives a window into their strategy. IIHS might be your best bet.


HLDI: Insurance losses by make and model


Take from that what you will.

Pharmacist

what are those numbers? total claims? based on that table alone, it seems the GT-R is a collision magnet

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m4a1mustang

"Loss results are stated in relative terms (100 represents the average result for all vehicles in each loss coverage category). Colors indicate results in relation to the average for all vehicles:"

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Pharmacist

What is the "average" though? Average sports car, or average of everything with 4 wheels on the road? The numbers seem to indicate the Z is much worse than average. Same with almost every other sports car there. Most are in the red or dark red. For some bizzare reason coupes seem to do worse than convertibles of the same car. And FWIW based on those stats, the miata is the safest sports car to buy

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Red__Zed

it's relative to other sports cars.

convertibles tend to have lower loss rates because of the type of owner that is attracted to them

Pharmacist

women?

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m4a1mustang

"Loss results are stated in relative terms (100 represents the average result for all vehicles in each loss coverage category). Colors indicate results in relation to the average for all vehicles:"

The average is 100.

The average is determined by all of the cars in each class. If you look at the right side of the website, it shows you different classes.

In this case, 100 is the average for "Sports Models." So this would imply that the 370Z is 88% above average in terms of collision, but 12% below average in property damage.

It's simple, really.

Also, you keep dancing around the other point I keep making...

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Pharmacist

that can't be right. unless it's the average for ALL sports models, not just the midsize. For collision average for midsize sports cars, it comes out to 145. Yet mustang with 137 and rx 8 with 134 are classified as much worse than average?

And the categories don't make any sense either. Mitsu eclipse in the same class as corvette zr1? And funny how the m3 is in the "luxury" section and not in the sports section. And audi r8 is considered "large" but the GT-R is "midsize"

which point?

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