Toyota Camry gets "poor" crash test quality
It is still a setback for a company that's had a year of bad publicity.
The Toyota Camry, the best-selling car in the nation, has the highest safety rating from the government, but the 2013 model received a poor rating in a new test by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.
Adrian Lund said, the Toyota Camry Insurance Institute is always a first security choice, according to our old criteria And then you have this new test which demonstrated poor performance and we have to incorporate that into our overall assessments cars.
The test is called small overlap crash simulates a corner before, like hitting a tree or utility pole, in which the engine block does not absorb the impact.
An estimated 10,000 people die every year before impact crashes up to a quarter of these deaths occur in the front-corner collisions, according to the Insurance Institute.
Of the 18 vehicles midsize moderately priced tested, only two, the Honda Accord four-door Suzuki Kizashi, received a good overall score Eleven, including the Ford Fusion, Honda Accord two-door Dodge Avenger, Kia Optima, Mazda6, Nissan Maxima, Chrysler 200 four-door Volkswagen Passat, Subaru Outback, Subaru and Nissan Altima four-door, were three acceptable - the Volkswagon Jetta, Hyundai Sonata and Chevrolet Malibu - were marginal the only cars classified as poor were Toyota Prius and the Camry.
defender of automotive safety Clarence Ditlow said, the tragedy is that it is simple and it is the genius 101.
Ditlow said this is another black eye for Toyota, a company that a few years ago recalled about eight million cars after a series of problems with their accelerator pedals and floor mats Ditlow said it is tragic that it takes this type of test by the insurance Institute for attention of automakers.
In a statement on the new findings, said Toyota, we meet the challenges we evaluate new test protocols and can say there will be no single solution to achieve better performance of the accident in this area.
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There are two days, Toyota agreed to pay a 17-4 million fine for failing to report safety problems with their vehicles.
CBS News Business and economics correspondent Rebecca Jarvis's said the current issues could cause problems for the automaker.
The Toyota Camry is the best selling car for the last 14 of the past 15 years, and last month, in November, Toyota had its best month of sales of the Toyota Camry 373,000 of them were sold that are up 36 percent from last year so many analysts are watching this story as Toyota is getting back on his feet, because each of us remember important reminders in 2009, 2010, eight million Priuses recalled problem of sticky accelerator as they're back on their feet that comes here that with a new study, and it is not good for Toyota.
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They therefore focus strongly on quality, that art one of the saddest parts of this, Jarvis says Rather than increasing market share the past two years, they have had to refocus their mark on the quality and now they're going to go back to the drawing board because the Camry is the car really important for the Toyota brand.
This can be a chance for US automakers to take advantage of consumer concerns about the safety of Toyota Jarvis added, especially Ford, who noted the Ford Fusion acceptably in this study, could maximize They're in leveraging is interesting that some people are trying to buy new trucks therefore, people are actually - as the economy improves in some areas - some people go out and buy new trucks and Ford to is a great benefactor of this GM is still the number one automaker sold here in the US is a bit behind Ford and Toyota is slightly behind.
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