5 Cars That Were Banned For Being Too Dangerous

Suzuki Samurai — The Tiny SUV That Tipped Over

The Suzuki Samurai was compact, cheap, and fun. It was also dangerously unstable. Tests in the late 1980s showed the Samurai could roll over during abrupt maneuvers—the kind of turns ordinary drivers make every day. Suzuki fought the claims for years, but the American public had already made up its mind. The Samurai’s reputation never recovered, and regulators pushed for revisions that changed the way small SUVs were designed. It wasn’t banned, but it might as well have been.