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Originally Posted by redpoint5
That's funny, the statistics say he is more likely to die in his F250 than in a Toyota Corolla.
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Yes, about 3 times more likely (per Wenzel & Ross), and about 6 times more likely to kill someone else.
Further, last time I checked, I was an American, and in the half century since the VW Bug was first imported, foreign automakers (who make mostly small cars) have captured half the domestic market.
I think the trouble is that the US automakers really don't want to build small cars. Maybe this is even at a emotional level, so when they do build a small car, they subconsciously design it so as not to have any inherent appeal other than "it's small and cheap".