Whaler27
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I suspect the age of the average buyer is probably the most powerful accident-reducing influence. The $22k Civics are routinely purchased by teens and 20-somethings. They have earned their elevated insurance rates the hard way.Yeah, a manufacturer that develops their own AI semiconductors and only sells $50-$160k cars loaded with more cameras, sensors and computational power than any other vehicle should stand to fair a little bit better than everyone else in that regard.
I'm actually a little surprised that a company who's average price per vehicle offered is $97k with such a large focus on advanced safety tech doesn't have a more significant decrease in accidents than the figures you posted. A large part of those statistics could be due to the likelihood that your average oblivious distracted driver isn't the person spending that kind of money by buying this brand?
I mean, sure, there's definitely shitty drivers for every brand and price point, but I'm guessing that people spending double or triple the amount of an average-priced car ($47k) generally have more interest in not damaging or destroying their vehicle. And even more so when compared to people spending a small fraction of that when buying used or a $22k Civic (nothing wrong with that, just saying your statistics can't possibly paint the whole picture).
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