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That rate is for the 4WD version. The 2WD version has a fatality rate of 28. Now I'm going to assume that adding the 4WD option to your sedan isn't that good a
by function_seven 5y ago
That rate is for the 4WD version. The 2WD version has a fatality rate of 28.
Now I'm going to assume that adding the 4WD option to your sedan isn't that good at increasing safety. Yeah, more driving wheels does improve control and will probably reduce fatalities. But from 28 dpm to 0 is going to also be attributable to statistical noise. (Case in point, IIHS' 2014 statistics have the 4WD version at 25, and the 2WD at 11).
Also note that the death rate is in terms of deaths per million registration years and only includes the driver of the car. So for the C-Class, which sold about 80k units in 2014, one driver death in a 3-year span would be a '4' on the rate. The intervals on this data are very wide, and every year relatively low-volume cars will score a '0' just by statistical chance.
- fredoralive 5y agoA factor to increase noise on the four wheel drive version of the C class is that 4WD saloons and estates[1] just aren't that common, it's a niche option for those types of car. Checking a UK second hand car sales site for a non scientific survey, it seems about 1 in 10 C classes for sale have the option (these ratios will probably differ between markets of course). [1] Or sedans and station wagons if you insist.
- jeffbee 5y agoI don't know if that's really true in the U.S. where people have an irrational attraction to AWD. Looking at the pre-owned inventory of my nearest M-B dealer two thirds of it is 4Matic cars, only one third RWD.