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This photo undated provided by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety shows a frontal crash test of a 2006 Ford Fusion on the frontal crash test, the Fusion received the second best mark of acceptable institute .
2006 Ford Fusion received poor marks in offering motorists protection in side crashes, according to new crash tests released Sunday by the insurance industry.
BMW 3 series renovated and redesigned Lexus is finished atop the seven midsize cars tested, get good grades in crashes front and side and acceptable rating in side impact tests, reports Jeff Gilbert CBS Station audio WWJ-AM radio in Detroit the insurance Institute for Highway safety also said an overhaul Hyundai Sonata in much safer and the new Pontiac G6 is a great improvement over its predecessor, the great Am.
Security testing can affect sales, but what is more important is how many lives are saved because of subsequent tests and redesign, reports CBS News correspondent Thalia Assuras.
The Fusion, a midsize sedan from 17795, received the lowest mark of the Institute on the side impact tests conducted on a model without optional side airbags in frontal crash tests, the Fusion received the second best mark of acceptable institute.
Nearly every car now earns good ratings in our frontal test, said Adrian Lund, the institute president him, the merger was not competitive with other cars in its class and was the car of intermediate size lower rated moderate price we evaluated.
We are very disappointed, John Nolan of the Institute told Assuras We recorded high forces on the dummy's right leg in the accident and indicating that someone getting hurt with a broken ankle or broken foot.
The test results also apply to the 2006 Mercury Milan, both companies of the Merger.
Ford spokesman Dan Jarvis said side air bags and curtain side airbags are standard on 2007 models built after September The automaker has requested additional frontal- and side impact testing for a model with the air-bag option , which costs additional 595.
We expect to win this test ratings more side impact with this standard equipment, said Jarvis.
The institute released new test ratings for eight new or redesigned luxury cars and medium BMW 3 Series and 2006 Lexus IS has achieved the designation of money greater security, said spokesman Russ Radar Institute.
Test results for the 2006 Pontiac G6 showed the importance of having side airbags A G6 model with optional front and rear curtain airbags and torso air bags mounted in the front seats received acceptable second best score.
A G6 version tested without the package side inflatable bag, an option which costs 695, received the lowest rating of poor Both versions received top scores in frontal tests.
Bob Lange, executive director of GM's vehicle structure and safety integration, said the performance of the G6 sedan without side airbags is competitive with other midsize sedans without protection against side impact.
In test past 1999 Grand Am received the lowest mark on frontal tests.
Hyundai Sonata built from 1995-1998 had received a bad frontal protection and the 1999-2005 models received poor ratings for side impact protection.
Both have had bad notes on their previous generations and now these new vehicles are significantly improved, said Nolan.
Among other new cars tested, the Acura TSX 2006 Infiniti G35 received the second highest mark of acceptable in new side tests Both had received top marks in frontal previous tests.
In the institute of test frontal collision, the vehicle hitting a barrier on the driver's side at 40 mph in the side impact test, vehicles are struck by a barrier traveling at 31 mph to take account of the force of a van or sport utility vehicle.
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