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best-selling passenger car in America is almost the safest in the country, a new study by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has found.
IIHS tested 18 midsize moderately priced sedans in a new crash test designed to mimic small overlap incidents in the real world where only a small part of the front of the car hits another object Conclusions The Honda Accord and Suzuki Kizashi came out on top, while the hot-selling Toyota Camry and fuel sipping Toyota Prius will received the lowest possible score.
Earlier this year, the organization published small results of recovery tests for a luxury car handle and only two good performances - the Volvo S60 and Acura TL new test sends the driver's side of a vehicle in a stationary object in an effort to direct impact forces in the zone of the conductor of the cabin in addition, the small overlap test evaluates how additional constraints - airbag and a driver's seat and side curtain airbags - remain in place to effectively protect the driver.
2013 Midsize models received a good rating in the small test Overlap.
2013 Midsize models that received an acceptable rating Small Overlap.
Among the strong performers, the Kizashi sedan and the Accord came out on top with the best rating for the new small overlap test Happy In particular, the Agreement aced all other IIHS tests, including a roof strength evaluation that determines how the car would perform in a severe turnaround Kizashi has the second best acceptable rating in the roll test, but IIHS said that the performance of the overlap test, it was enough to rank above it is interesting note that Suzuki is in the midst of leaving the US market.
Also tested and receive moderate scores were the Chevrolet Malibu, Hyundai Sonata and Volkswagen Jetta The Mazda 6 - the outgoing 2013 model no longer in production - and the Nissan Maxima received acceptable scores, but less well in impact tests and rollover behind the disqualified to be able to receive Top safety Pick and Top Pick security prices.
At the opposite end of the spectrum, the Toyota Camry and Toyota Prius goes well with standard front, side, the rolling roof strength and rear crash tests, but the new small overlap test was clearly not their strong point both models received the lowest rating, poor, which the disqualified to receive the award Top Safety pick again they earned the Top Safety pick Commendation standard since this price is based on the first four trials only.
The Camry front wheel was pushed into the floor, which folded its pillar also known under the windshield pillar Consequently, the occupant compartment Camry has been severely compromised Prius v had similar problems, more IIHS says he received a bad score for the hip and thigh protection.
The test results also often issues in the Camry airbag, steering wheel moved to the right at impact, which means that the driver head made minimal contact with the cushion Meanwhile , the side airbag Camry was too small to cover the instrument panel and the side airbag Prius vs didn t deploy in time.
But Toyota was not alone in t airbag delivers the airbag module driver of the Volkswagen Jetta is detached from the steering column, said that didn t affect the model, but shouldn t happened VW said it was investigating the airbag module.
Overall Top Safety Pick winners for the 2013 model year.
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