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RAV4 Toyota says improves the key test of the accident before overlap.
TOKYO - A year after the crossover Toyota RAV4 refused influential excellent safety rating, updated design has undergone crash testing again this week that engineers will promise great honor and redeem the reputation of the plate.
The tests, carried out Tuesday by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, assess the performance of the 2015 RAV4 in small overlap frontal crashes.
The poor results to a test in July 2013 disqualified RAV4 achieve coveted Top Safety Pick rating from the IIHS Toyota engineers have promised at the time to review and make the strongest vehicle to a mid-cycle refresh happen .
Toyota Motor Corp. Security Technology Head Secretary Kuzumaki Seigo said the RAV4 scored good in Tuesday's test, earning Top Safety Pick status of the institute.
The official results of the last test won t be released until December, IIHS spokesman Russ Rader said RAV4 needs a low rating overlap of at least acceptable to earn Top Safety Pick.
While refusing to confirm the results, Rader said they look promising, you can say that the initial measures, it looks like a significant improvement, Rader said in an email.
Gaining a better rating security erase a rare defect on the RAV4's safety record The vehicle is No. 3 of the nameplate's best-selling brand and the sixth best-selling American truck through October Sales rose 26 percent to 223.593 units in the first 10 months.
Toyota has been upgraded several models to improve the protection of small overlap, including the RAV4, Rader said.
Other vehicles that have performed poorly in the test include the Camry sedan, Corolla compact and the Prius hybrid V.
The Camry 2013 is classified poor in the test but the 2014 model improved to acceptable, and the 2015 edition notched good.
Kuzumaki said the 2015 Corolla has not been tested 2014 model marked marginal in the small overlap test is classified 2014 Prius V poor, such as the Prius hybrid compact C.
The revised structural design engineers RAV4 to make it stronger and more resistant in the accident, said Kuzumaki.
The added weight improvements, he said he declined to say how many books have been added, but he said they would be paid at the next full model change built out redesigned platform.
Overlap tests simulate what happens when a driver crashes quarter left front of a vehicle in an object such as a tree.
They are not yet included in the federal government five-star ratings, but researchers say they are responsible for a proportion of deaths out standards of conduct The IIHS evaluations have become an important marketing factor for brands that work well .
IIHS began using small overlap test in 2012, but the change wired to automakers in 2009. Some manufacturers, including Honda Motor Co. and Subaru have been quicker to incorporate changes than others.
The engineers say that Toyota has incorporated small overlap safety features in its next generation product platform, known as tnga name, Toyota New Global Architecture abbreviation.
The first cars built in the new approach is planned for introduction in 2015.
Toyota is struggling to improve the protection of the old school provided by technologies such as solid frames, as he plunged into active safety systems advanced computer controlled.
Security Chief Technology Officer Moritaka Yoshida said automakers have reached a point of diminishing returns in eking improvements passive systems such as solid body and seatbelts faster gains will come from technologies that prevent first accident, he said.
But he said there will probably be a change in the way body and frames are designed because of active safety systems.
This is because the active safety systems reduce the speeds at which accidents occur when they can t be avoided completely This will reduce the force of impact and perhaps allow new light weighting technologies to use.
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