Both midsize cars earn the plus award.
Not exact matches
In its first round of testing 11
midsize luxury and premium
cars, only three
earned good or acceptable ratings.
Previously, the
midsize cars were available with forward collision warning only,
earning a basic rating.
«In fact, no current
midsize car designs are rated marginal, and only one
earns the Institute's lowest rating of poor — the Pontiac Grand Am and its twin, the Oldsmobile Alero.
ARLINGTON, Va. — The Lexus ES, a
midsize luxury
car; the Hyundai Santa Fe, a
midsize SUV; and the Subaru XV Crosstrek and Dodge Dart, both small
cars,
earn the Institute's top award for good performance in moderate overlap frontal, side, rollover and rear impact evaluations.
You're not doubt well aware of the worldwide fame of the Toyota Camry
midsize sedan and Toyota Corolla compact
car, and they're
earning more time in the spotlight this summer with Special Editions to be available here at Sloane Toyota of Philadelphia this year.
ARLINGTON, Va. — The Chevrolet Malibu, a
midsize moderately priced
car,
earns the 2014 IIHS Top Safety Pick + award after structural changes improved its performance in the challenging small overlap front crash test.
The Honda Civic 2 - door and 4 - door, both small
cars, and the Volvo XC60, a
midsize luxury SUV, all
earned good ratings for small overlap protection.
The Ford Fusion Hybrid's overall excellence
earns our ExtremeTech Editors» Choice award, for the
car category of
midsize hybrids (one size bigger than the Toyota Prius).
The Honda Pilot claimed Best
Midsize Crossover, while the Honda Civic and the Honda HR - V
earned Best Compact
Car and Best Subcompact Crossover.
Seven small
cars and 10
midsize moderately priced models now
earn the award, the Institute's top safety designation.
The
midsize sedan is an Institute Top Safety Pick and
earns a 5 - star safety rating in NHTSA's New
Car Assessment Program.
Only 3 of 11
midsize luxury and near - luxury
cars evaluated
earn good or acceptable ratings in the Institute's new small overlap frontal crash test, the latest addition to a suite of tests designed to help consumers pick the safest vehicles.
The Prius v is the only
car in the
midsize test group to
earn a poor rating for hip and thigh protection.
Every
midsize car evaluated
earns good ratings for head, neck and chest injury risk based on measurements from dummy sensors.
The Suzuki Kizashi (left)
earns a good overall rating and is the only
midsize moderately priced
car with a good rating for structure.
The Camry, which is the top - selling
midsize car in the United States, and the Prius v, a 4 - door hybrid wagon,
earn poor ratings for small overlap protection and are the worst performers of the
midsize group.
Of the 18
midsize family
cars evaluated in the small overlap test, two
earn the top rating of good, 11
earn acceptable, three
earn marginal, and two are poor.
The
car, which Suzuki introduced in the 2010 model year, is the only
midsize moderately priced
car to
earn a good rating for structure in the small overlap test.
In contrast, just 3 of 11
midsize luxury and near - luxury
cars evaluated in the inaugural round of small overlap tests
earned good or acceptable ratings.
ARLINGTON, Va. — The Toyota Camry and Honda Accord equipped with optional side airbags are the only inexpensive
midsize cars to
earn good ratings in side impact crash tests conducted by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.
Further, the Prius v is the only
car in the
midsize test group to
earn a poor rating for hip and thigh protection.
Evaluating what it calls moderately priced
midsize cars for model - year 2013, the institute said that of the 18
cars evaluated in the small overlap test, two
earn the top rating of good, 11
earn acceptable, three
earn marginal, and two are poor.
The Toyota Prius v is the only
midsize car out of 31 evaluated that is available with a lighting system that
earns a good rating.
Two headlight options on the Audi A3
earn an acceptable rating from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, boosting the
midsize luxury
car from a Top Safety Pick to a Top Safety Pick +.
Five of six new or redesigned
midsize cars have
earned good ratings in 40 mph frontal offset crash tests.
In frontal offset crash tests of nine new or redesigned 2002 model
midsize cars, every
car earned the top crashworthiness rating of good.
In recent frontal offset crash tests of new or redesigned small and
midsize cars, every vehicle received the top rating of good and
earned a «best pick» designation.
ARLINGTON, Va. — The 2015 Hyundai Sonata, a
midsize moderately priced
car,
earns the IIHS Top Safety Pick + award, thanks to an acceptable rating in the challenging small overlap front crash test and a basic rating for front crash prevention.
The Ford Fusion / Mercury Milan is among only two current
midsize car designs (the other is the Dodge Stratus / Chrysler Sebring) that don't
earn the highest rating of good in the Institute's frontal offset crash test.
The Ford Fusion
midsize car and Ford Edge
midsize SUV
earn the highest rating of good in front and side crash tests recently conducted by IIHS.
Among seven
midsize inexpensive four - door
cars recently subjected to 40 mph frontal offset crash tests, only one
earns a good overall evaluation for crashworthiness.