2009 Subaru Forester side IIHS crash test
Forester and Outlander Sport named Top Safety Pick.
The tests now include small overlap frontal crash test.
11 small and poor or marginal SUV noted in the most rigorous test.
Redesigned for the 2014 model year, the new Subaru Forester is the only one of the 13 small SUVs to earn the highest score from good to the Insurance Institute for new frontal crash test small overlap Highway Safety IIHS another model 2013 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport has also passed the test, marking an acceptable score 11 All other models have been classified as either marginal or poor in the new test.
IIHS added the small frontal overlap crash test to simulate the front corner of a vehicle striking a narrow obstacle such as a tree or a utility pole IIHS also updated its classification system for new cars to account additional test Top Safety Pick always refers to any vehicle that earns a top score of good in four crash tests - before moderate recovery, side, rear and rollover to be named a Top Safety Pick, a vehicle must score good in four the five tests, including the new small overlap test, and no less than an acceptable score in the fifth.
IIHS gave the designation of Top Safety Pick for 2014 Subaru Forester, which earned him a best good score in all test categories, and the Mitsubishi Outlander Sport Some of the other 11 small SUVs tested keep their Top Safety Pick status by despite the low scores again These tests include BMW X1 Buick Encore Ford Escape Honda CR-V Hyundai Tucson Kia Sportage Mazda CX-5 Volkswagen Tiguan and the 2014 Jeep Patriot Two others, the Nissan Rogue and the Jeep Wrangler has not scored high enough to be recognized.
In the small overlap test, IIHS crashes the front corner of the driver's side of a vehicle in a barrier height from 5 feet to 40 miles per hour, the federal government is still testing the vehicles in a frontal collision, and the IIHS moderate overlap test But the new test focuses energy accident in a smaller area, reproducing the kind of dangerous accidents that occur in the IIHS real world in a 2009 study, for vehicles with a good rating a frontal collision, a quarter of accidents with serious injury or death in front -Place the passengers were small frontal overlap accidents.
Automakers generally respond to these results, work to make their safer and more efficient vehicles to pass IIHS and federal crash tests actually a popular model sitting in this series Toyota tests requested IIHS delay test RAV4 so that the automaker could make changes to improve vehicle performance in the new test.
What this means to you Earn Top Safety Pick Designation IIHS has proven difficult for small SUVs Only the Forester and Outlander Sport has obtained the highest overall score from IIHS.
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