Recently the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration took a long hard look at home much it cost to repair cars after they've been involved in an accident.
The report the Fed agency put together is called (be warned this is a long to title) "Comparison of Difference in Insurance Costs for Passenger Cars, Station
Wagons/Passenger Vans, Pickups, and Sport Utility Vehicles on the Basis
of Damage Susceptibility."
In other words, they looked at the risk to insure different car models for damage by insurance companies.
So what car do you suppose is the winner (or is it loser)? You know that car that costs the most to repair after and accident.
Drum roll please.
At a whopping 524% more than average to "damage susceptibility" the winner (or is it loser) is the Maserati Granturismo.
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According to USA Today the other cars that make this dubious list are:
Mini Cars
- Two doors — Hyundai Accent, 7%
more than average. - Four doors — Toyota Yaris, 32% more than
average - Station Wagons — Kia Rio — 7% more than average
Small
Cars
- Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution four-wheel-drive
— 237% more than average - Station Wagons — Subaru Impreza WRX
4WD — 56% more than average. - Sports Models — Audi TT — 84%
more than average.
Midsize Cars
- Two-doors
— Nissan Altima, 170% more than average - Four-doors — Nissan
Maxima, 130% more than average - Station Wagons — Audi A3
- Sports
models — Ferrari F430, 253% above average. - Luxury models —
BMW M3, 223%
Large Cars
- Two-door
models — Dodge Challenger, 167% more than average. - Four-door
models — Maserati Granturismo, 524% more than average.
Small
Pickups
- Two-door, Ford Ranger Supercab, 9% more
than average - Four-door, GMC Canyon four-wheel-drive, 6% more
than average
Large Pickups
- Two-door,
Toyota Tundra LWB, 24% - Four-door, Nissan Titan King Long Bed,
32%
Sport Utility Vehicles
Small SUVs
- Suzuki
Grand Vitara 15%
Midsize SUVs
- Suzuki XL7 four
door 7%
Large SUVs
- Volkswagen Touareg 4%
Luxury
SUVs
Midsize
- BMW X6 4WD, 73%
Large
- Mercedes-Benz
G Class, 4WD, 148%
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