[FAST LS1]

http://www.woai.com/news/local/story.aspx?...8B-B2608F307BDB

Alight, who's gonna wuss out and buy an SUV? (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif)

[trackbird]

My thoughts were how many Kia Rio's and Mirages probably wrecked at 100-150mph?
Now how many Firebirds wrecked at 100-150mph?

Same goes for those cars wrecking in a turn because they took it too fast?  Probably
not too many Rio's and Mirages.

The Rio and Mirage are small cars and the deaths in those vehicles were probably from
getting destroyed by gigantor SUV's. 
The deaths in the F-body were probably a lot of "lost control at high speed" accidents.
Just goes to show how fast these cars are and how many people don't realize the
car's ability and thier inability to drive them at those speeds.

A few things.

Same goes for those cars wrecking in a turn because they took it too fast?  Probably
not too many Rio's and Mirages.

Due to their lack of grip, they can be going "less fast" and still take a turn too fast. The limits are lower on that car, but many drivers run out of talent at about the same level.

The Rio and Mirage are small cars and the deaths in those vehicles were probably from getting destroyed by gigantor SUV's. 

Many high school kids get those as first cars. These are the same new drivers who have traditionally had a high accident and a high fatality rate. Maybe it's not SUV's after all (and maybe it is).

The deaths in the F-body were probably a lot of "lost control at high speed" accidents.

A kia at 85mph is "high speed". Just because an F-body will run 170-ish does not automatically mean that the fatalities all occured at 150 mph.

There are an awful lot of assumptions in those last two statements.

Leaving us with:

Just goes to show how fast these cars are and how many people don't realize the car's ability and thier inability to drive them at those speeds.

That's a pretty big assumption, based on a couple of big assumptions. I'm not saying that you are wrong (without finding the data to back it up), just that it's difficult to present an arguement as fact when it's based completely on a couple of guesses.

I'm not trying to give you a difficult time, but these cars seem to have a "stereotype" about high speeds and death. And, if there are numbers to back that up, then I guess it's well deserved. If not, we are just adding to the "fear" (or we believe it ourselves).