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ZAP // Slab-2
Study analyzed thousands of vehicles in several countries. BMW and Tesla with many accidents, Lancia and Smart with few.
One car com more powerful engine are more likely to have a accident.
This is the main conclusion – confirmation? – from a study of carVerticalwhich analyzed thousands of cars from 43 brands in different countries.
Research has shown a direct relationship between engine power and damage history. No exceptions. In all brands, the greater the engine power, the higher the percentage of accidents.
A BMW was the brand with the most damage (68.6% of total cars), followed by Tesla (62%) e Audi (55.6%). All taking into account models with engines above 400 kW of power.
At the other extreme were Lancia (13% damage), Smart (19,4%) e Alfa Romeo (20.3%) – all with models with engines below 100 kW.
The most evident relationships between power and percentage of damage were found in: Bentley (415 kW – 53.1% de danos), Maserati (268 kW – 45.8%) e Cadillac (264 kW – 39,4%).
Less powerful engines had fewer accidents: Lancia of 77 kW recorded only 13.2% of accidents and one Smart 59kW was responsible for 19.4% of damage.
A final note for the Alfa Romeo. Among the brands that have models in all ranges analyzed, Alfa Romeo was the one with the lowest percentages of damage – between 20.3% in engines up to 100 kW and 28.8% of accidents in engines above 400 kW.
Nuno Teixeira da Silva, ZAP //
