BUMPER TO BUMPER

HOT LIST

That’s the Ticket
ISO Quality Planning, a San Francisco-based company that helps insurers identify risk, studied the records of 1.7 million drivers and compiled lists of the most and least ticketed vehicles. The results of the yearlong study are listed here.

Vehicle                    Hummer H2/H3 Scion tC Scion xB Mercedes CLK63 AMG Toyota Solara Mercedes CLS63 AMG Scion xA Subaru Outback Audi A4   Toyota Matrix

Violation Rate *463% 460% 403% 397% 306% 276% 275% 266% 264% 264%

Under the Radar
Jaguar XJ - 11%
Chevrolet Suburban - 16%
Chevrolet Tahoe - 21%
Chevrolet 3500/2500 Pickup - 28%
Buick Park Avenue - 32%
Mazda6 - 34%
Buick Rainier - 37%
Oldsmobile Silhouette -37%
Buick Lucerne - 40%
GMC Sierra C1500 - 40%

*Violations per 100,000 miles driven, expressed as percentage of average.