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The 2012 Mercedes - Benz C - Class, Audi A4 and two Lexus sedans — the IS 250/350 and the outgoing ES 350 — failed the latest round of IIHS frontal tests.
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The IIHS prides itself as having a different set of tests than the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, beginning with its frontal impact trial.
It's an IIHS Top Safety Pick, but the agency has yet to subject the car to its more challenging small - overlap frontal impact test (click here for more details)-- a requirement for Top Safety Pick Plus status.
Safety The 2011 Forte sedan earned 2011 Top Safety Pick status from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, having received Good overall scores in frontal - offset and side - impact crash tests, as well as IIHS» roof - strength and whiplash - protection tests.
IIHS gave the Cruze its top rating of Good in frontal, side, rear and roof - strength tests.
Top crash - test scores from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety have earned the 500 status as an IIHS Top Safety Pick, but IIHS has yet to conduct its latest small - overlap frontal test on the car.
The test overlaps 25 % of the front of the car instead of the IIHS» conventional 40 % - overlap frontal test, which IIHS still conducts.
«Outside of some automakers» proving grounds, such a test isn't currently conducted anywhere else in the United States or Europe,» IIHS said in a statement, noting that despite an increasing number of cars that score well in frontal crash tests, some 10,000 highway deaths still come from frontal collisions each year.
In IIHS testing, the Chrysler 300 earns a «Marginal» rating in the small overlap frontal - impact test.
But the 2017 Chrysler Pacifica passed with flying colors, producing top scores in all seven IIHS tests including frontal crash protection, headlights, roof strength, and side impact strength.
In the frontal offset crash tests performed by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), the 2003 - 2007 Honda Accord received «Good» overall rating.
The Accord has also already aced the toughest crash test in the U.S., the new passenger - side small frontal overlap test from IIHS.
However, both the two - door and four - door Wranglers get the best possible rating of «Good» in the IIHS's moderate - overlap frontal - offset test.
The International Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) gave the 2013 A4 in the highest possible rating of» «good»» across the board on the frontal offset test, side impact test, roof strength test and rear crash test.
The Ram 1500 scored the top rating in the IIHS frontal offset test.
The IIHS awarded the Civic sedan with a rating of «good» on both frontal and side impact crash tests [26] and lists the Civic as the second - best 2007 small car in overall crashworthiness.
It also receives the second highest rating of» «acceptable»» in frontal offset impact tests conduced by the IIHS.
In the IIHS's small - overlap frontal - offset test, however, the Tucson earned the lowest «Poor» rating.
The IIHS rated the Sentra an» «acceptable»» for frontal off - set crash test, a» «poor»» for side impact, and a» «poor»» for rear crash protection and head restraint.
When the Insurance Institute For Highway Safety (IIHS) first tested the all - new 2017 Chrysler Pacifica minivan in the tough small frontal overlap test, the driver's door was torn off its hinges and opened.
The 2016 Civic Sedan has earned a top rating of GOOD in five IIHS crash test modes, including the rigorous small overlap frontal crash test.
The Dodge Challenger didn't meet the IIHS requirements in the small frontal overlap test and also didn't have head restraints that met the required grade.
The small overlap test is relatively new at the IIHS — initiated in 2012 — but it is purported to be a much more real - world crash test than the full - frontal crash test that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) performs, or even the moderate overlap test the IIHS performs.
In addition, the Elantra has also received a five - star frontal and four - star si de crash rating in the compact passenger car segment from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), and earned a «Good» rating in the IIHS's frontal offset test, the Institute's highest rating.
Engineered to older crash - protection standards, the A4 performs well in federal government testing, but earns a «Poor» rating in the small overlap frontal impact test conducted by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS).
The IIHS also tested the CR - V's optional frontal collision warning and mitigation system and gave it a top rating of «Superior.»
Update 05/18/2016: The 2017 Santa Fe Sport has undergone IIHS crash testing and earned a «Good» rating across the board for moderate frontal overlap, small frontal overlap, side impact, head restraint, and roof strength tests.
«Inside IIHS: Frontal offset testing» explains the differences between the Institute's two frontal crash tests and demonstrates how structural performance, dummy injury measures and restraint systems affect a vehicle's frontal Frontal offset testing» explains the differences between the Institute's two frontal crash tests and demonstrates how structural performance, dummy injury measures and restraint systems affect a vehicle's frontal frontal crash tests and demonstrates how structural performance, dummy injury measures and restraint systems affect a vehicle's frontal frontal rating.
Unlike the moderate overlap frontal crash the IIHS had been performing for years, in which 40 percent of the front of the car contacts a deformable (crushable) barrier, in this new test only 25 percent of the car's frontal crash area — the driver's corner — hits a barrier and this one does not squish.
IIHS was happy to see that the BMW i3 scored well on all of the difficult crash tests, including the tricky small frontal ovrlap test.
In the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) frontal crash test the Avalon received a «Good» overall score with the «Good» in all six measured categories.
It \ \ \ \ \ \ \'s also comfortable... It scored the top rating in the IIHS frontal offset test.
The 2016 Civic was named an IIHS Top Safety Pick + when equipped with the proper frontal collision technology, and it received a * 5 - star overall crash test score from the NHTSA.
Debuting at the 2016 Chicago Auto Show and rolling into Hyundai showrooms this month, the revamped 2017 Santa Fe family has, evidently, been modified to resolve the single most significant reason consumers had to skip this model in the past, and that is its «Marginal» test result in the tough small overlap frontal - impact crash test conducted by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS).
The Montero Sport scored the top rating in the IIHS frontal offset test.
IIHS added a new crash test called the Small Frontal Overlap test first.
In Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) crash tests the Vue receives a Good overall rating in the frontal offset crash test.
Similarly, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) dropped its Top Safety Pick rating of the Prius c for 2015 due to its poor performance in the tricky small overlap frontal - crash test.
The TSP + rating also requires that a vehicle earn an Acceptable or Good rating on the IIHS» small frontal overlap test which simulates hitting a utility pole with the front corner of the car.
The 2016 Charger did well in tests conducted by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), except for its «Marginal» rating in the small frontal overlap test.
In a small overlap frontal crash test carried out by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), the Kia Forte scored the lowest in the group.
A group of moderately priced midsize cars outperformed most of their luxury counterparts in a challenging new frontal crash test conducted by IIHS on 2013 models.
ARLINGTON, Va. — A group of moderately priced midsize cars outperformed most of their luxury counterparts in a challenging new frontal crash test conducted by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) on 2013 models.
The 2013 Civic Sedan recently received the top 5 - Star Overall Vehicle Score in the NHTSA's New Car Assessment Program (NCAP), and the highest possible rating of TOP SAFETY PICK + from the IIHS, including a top score of GOOD in the new small overlap frontal collision test.
Another reason is that the frontal crash dummy IIHS uses in the small overlap test isn't good at measuring risks from lateral forces.
The 6 also earned the highest possible rating of «Good» in the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's (IIHS) moderate - overlap frontal - offset, side - impact and roof - strength tests.
The lack of active safety features coupled with a score of «Acceptable» on the small frontal overlap crash test in 2015, means this 2016 Q50 test vehicle is not an IIHS Top Safety Pick.
In the offset frontal crash test performed by the IIHS, the 2002 - 2006 Honda CR - V received «Good» overall rating.
Thanks to this system, the 2014 Honda Accord Hybrid is likely to earn the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) highest rating of TOP SAFETY PICK +, and a GOOD rating in the stringent new IIHS small overlap frontal collision test.
In addition, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) awarded the RL its top rating of GOOD in Side Impact Collision Evaluation (SICE) along with a GOOD rating for IIHS» frontal offset crash test.