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CBS AP DETROIT - Most medium businesses luxury cars, including Mercedes-Benz C-Class poorly in a new frontal crash test developed by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.
The new test is designed to replicate what happens when a car strikes another car or a fixed object like a tree or utility pole - the type of accidents that kill about one quarter of those who are killed in accidents car, reports CBS News correspondent Seth Doane test strikes 25 percent of the front of a car in a rigid barrier five feet at 40 miles per hour.
Don t results bode well for non-luxury models, which will be the next to undergo the new results of the test Insurance Institute crash tests are closely monitored by the auto industry and often lead to changes in the design or safety features good scores are frequently touted in car ads.
Of the 11 cars tested, only the Acura TL, Volvo S60 and Infiniti G earned good or acceptable rating of the Institute, which is funded by insurers.
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Four Acura TSX cars, BMW 3 Series, Lincoln MKZ and Volkswagen CC earned marginal ratings Four other Mercedes C-Class, Lexus IS 250, Audi A4 and Lexus ES 350 earned poor ratings Marginal or poor ratings indicate wouldn cars t protect occupants very well in a real accident.
A 2012 Mercedes C250 is slammed into a mocked-up pillar of the road in a frontal offset crash test conducted by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.
All cars tested were from the 2012 model year.
The institute said the new test indicates that side airbags that are designed for direct impact, T-bone crashes but not for off-center, the front can not go off in time or extend far enough protect occupants in three cars BMW, Mercedes and Volkswagen the seat belts wound too well after the accident, causing the crash-test dummies to strike hard surfaces of the door of the Volkswagen was completely sheared off during the test.
CBS News has reached to all automakers tested those who answered their record stood for safety and some said they incorporate this knowledge in the design go ahead but Mercedes quite the challenge test protocol saying it mimics a particularly severe and uncommon scenario.
As a leader in automotive safety, we have full confidence in the protection that the C-Class offers its occupants and less confidence in a test that doesn t reflect that Mercedes said in a statement.
Toyota Motor Co, which owns the Lexus brand, accepted the results.
With this new test, the Institute has raised the bar again and we will respond to this challenge as we design new vehicles, said Toyota.
But Toyota also noted that it was above 17 Safety Picks than any other automaker.
The Insurance Institute said it plans to change its criteria for the top safety pick next year to incorporate the new test The group said developed the test after years of analyzing real frontal crashes, which kill more than 10,000 people per year in the U S.
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