"Evolution, STi, and Integra, and a few others?"
You better check your video games again. The Evo, and STi are
four/all-wheel-drive. The Integra is front engine front wheel
drive.
They can hang the MX-5 up as being a dangerous car simply because
it happened to be FR when at the end of the day, the simple truth
is that a car is as dangerous as the component that is between the
steering wheel and the seat.