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There was a hit piece on a Suzuki I think (anyway second tier Japanese car) some years back[1] and the journalists (actually Consumer Reports of all people) tho
by mc32 4y ago
There was a hit piece on a Suzuki I think (anyway second tier Japanese car) some years back[1] and the journalists (actually Consumer Reports of all people) thought the high(er) center of gravity would make it too easy to roll over, but they had a hard time getting it to roll over anyway. So they made it tip and put out the hit piece. (any they made their data fit their presumption)
[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzuki_Motor_Corp._v._Consumers_Union_of_the_U.S.,_Inc https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzuki_Motor_Corp._v._Consumer....
- rootusrootus 4y agoSounds like CR wanted to see it fail the tip test because they knew it had a tendency to do exactly that, one of their own staff members experienced it while testing. And Suzuki knew it had a tendency to roll, they documented that internally and settled a number of lawsuits about it. Definitely not a good look for CR to try and put their finger on the scale like that. And not a good look for Suzuki to make a narrow top-heavy vehicle and then foist it on amateur drivers.