With more recent notoriety for its role in GM’s huge ignition switch scandal, the Cobalt proved to be one of the deadliest vehicles on the road. The four-door Cobalt sedan from model years 2005 through 2008 had a death rate of 117 drivers per million registrations. Like the Malibu, the Cobalt made its way to plenty of rental fleets, a factor the IIHS says contributes to the exceptionally high number of fatalities.

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