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Safety record of the SC430

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Old 06-19-11, 08:39 PM
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Does anyone have any data regarding the safety record of the SC430? Are rollovers an issue?
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It'd be pretty hard to roll over any car unless you got into a bad accident or drove it very wrecklessly
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It's physics, which is something that used to be taught in high school. A car with a low center of gravity will be harder to tip over than a car with a high center of gravity. Wide tires help. That's why rollovers are not common in small, heavy cars that sit low to the ground, but are "an issue" with SUVs and vans.
The answer to the original first question is "yes." (Who would that be? NHTSA.) The answer to the original second question is a simple "no."
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Being a limited production car, no NHTSA data is available. But as others have said, it's very difficult to roll.
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Thanks all. I hadn't seen anything and thought this would be the place to find out.
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You can google SC430 and key words...recall, accident, roll over. defects, etc. And see what spits out.
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