It Just Looks Fast

If you want to avoid getting pulled over, stay out of the Subaru WRX.

According to the latest figures from Insurance.com, WRX drivers are stopped more often than any other group, with just over a third (33.6%) of them reporting a recent traffic citation.

The rest of the top twenty were:                                                            2. Pontiac GTO – 32.7%
3. Scion FR-S – 32.6%
4. Toyota Supra – 30.8%
5. Subaru Tribeca – 29.7%
6. Volkswagen Rabbit – 29.6%
7. Mercury Topaz – 28.8%
8. Scion tC – 28.8%
9. Toyota FJ Cruiser – 28.4%
10. Mazda2 – 28.1%
11. Hyundai Veloster – 28.1%
12. Volkswagen GTI – 28.1%
13. Suzuki Reno – 28.1%
14. Scion xA – 27.8%
15. Pontiac G8 – 27.7%
16. MINI Cooper S Countryman – 27.5%
17. Mitsubishi 3000 GT – 27.4%
18. Saturn Aura – 27.1%
19. Infiniti QX56/QX80 – 27.1%
20. Toyota Prius C – 27.0%

It is hard to guess why these particular cars led the list.  Some of them do look a little sporty, but others look like the boxy little economy cars they are.  Toyota’s FJ Cruiser looks like it would be more at home off-road and would be hard pressed to even approach the speed limit.

I thought it was interesting that none of the four U.S. cars in the Top 20 is still manufactured. Ford has discontinued the Mercury brand entirely and the Mercury Topaz was last produced in 1994. General Motors abandoned Pontiac and Saturn in its 2009 bankruptcy restructuring.