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Subaru WRX Named Most Ticketed Vehicle

With one in three drivers receiving a traffic violation, the Subaru WRX has been named as the top ticketed vehicle, according to Insurance.com study, which looked at data from 526 vehicle models and more than 557,000 recent customers.

by Staff
October 1, 2014
Subaru WRX Named Most Ticketed Vehicle

2015 Subaru WRX. Photo courtesy of Subaru.

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2015 Subaru WRX. Photo courtesy of Subaru.

The Subaru WRX has been named the top “ticket magnet” vehicle, receiving the most traffic violations, according to a study by Insurance.com, a car insurance comparison website. Insurance.com looked at data from 526 models and more than 557,000 recent customers.

Overall, the most ticketed brand was Scion, with 27.5% of all owners reporting a traffic violation, according to the study.

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“Cars don’t get tickets, drivers do – but those drivers like the WRX,” said Des Toups, Insurance.com managing editor.

“It’s not about horsepower,” Toups said. “The Chevrolet Corvette, Dodge Viper and Nissan GT-R rank well below average for tickets, even though they can easily double the highest speed limits. But those cars are also costly, so their buyers tend to be older and take fewer risks.”

For all models, 19.9% of drivers reported having a traffic violation – usually speeding but also including such offenses as failure to yield and drunken driving – in the previous three years, according to the study.

When setting rates on particular vehicles, insurance companies pay more attention to claims than tickets, according to Toups. “If you have an accident, it helps to drive up the rates of everyone who owns that kind of car,” he said. “Tickets tend to drive up your rates alone.”

Here is Insurance.com’s top 20 list, which includes the rank, vehicle make and model and percentage of violation tickets:

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1. Subaru WRX – 33.6%
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%

View the entire “Ticket Magnet” list here.

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