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13330 messages, Last post on Dec 03, 2009 at 1:25 PM
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Replying to: tenpin288 (Aug 30, 2008 6:26 pm) Part of the issue is the use case for a car is different in the US than in Europe or elsewhere. In Europe, people walk to work *gasp* and are unlikely to drive an hour to get to a Costco or something. It is also one of the reasons EU takes pedestrian crash safety more seriously than the US. A lot of the driving is on rural or urban streets. In the US, people commute over an hour each way to work and don't blink an eye; most of that commute is on ultra-boring low-workload high-speed super-slab. So where cars are driven and why is somewhat different. Also, in Europe they have ENCAP (I might have the name wrong) that rates safety using a slightly different paradigm than NHTSA or IIHS. Europeans are less fearful of government and legislation than Americans (which is why photo radar is much more prevalent there than in the states). |
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Replying to: tenpin288 (Aug 30, 2008 6:26 pm) I do agree that the US crash standards should not be designed to protect fools who choose not to wear their seat belt. |
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Replying to: backy (Aug 30, 2008 4:36 pm) I think we've beaten this subject way beyond any reason now. Time to move on. Thanks for the debate.
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Replying to: pat (Aug 31, 2008 9:19 am) 
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Click me! Yes, the Mazda6 finishes first over the Accord and Altima. Check out the overall fuel economy that edmunds got in their tests: Mazda6: 20 MPG Accord: 18 MPG Altima: 17 MPG (on Premium no less). Another surprise is the fact that Mazda is the only one that uses scissor-hinges to keep them out of interfering with trunk space. I knew that the Altima didn't use them, but the Accord as well? Wow. I thought Honda would be better than that. Discuss! 
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Replying to: mz6greyghost (Sep 08, 2008 6:48 am) The more I look at the new Mazda6 and read reviews on the car, it seems like the new Mazda6 is becoming what the old Accord used to be: A car with sporting intentions with just the right amount of compromises. Handling is best in class, ride falls somewhere in between the chushier Accord and the rougher Altima, the interior has nice materials but isn't as boring lookin inside as the Altima nor as "Star Trek" as the Accords and yet it has the worst EPA ratings of all three cars and comes out on top with observed Fuel economy. I can't remember which poster here begged us not to jump the gun on EPA ratings for the Mazda6 but it appears that he/she might have been right...at least for this comparison test. I only wonder why Edmunds didn't add the Camry SEV6 to the comparison test. I wonder how the results would have turned out?
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Replying to: mz6greyghost (Sep 08, 2008 6:48 am)
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Replying to: jeffyscott (Sep 08, 2008 7:14 am) That's the reason I hate Accord the most especially the '07.
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Replying to: maxamillion1 (Sep 08, 2008 7:00 am) Which begs the question... where was the Passat in Edmunds' comparo? Or the Malibu LTZ?
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