What muscle car is safest? 2016 Mustang vs. Camaro vs Challenger
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iconic sports cars do not meet the top standards IIHS crash test.
Donate Car enthusiasts t buy sports cars to stay in the slow lane But since the appearance of higher and more daring performance speeds could lead to faster and more aggressive driving, they might think that manufacturers these cars were equipped with tight security protections.
It is not necessarily the case, according to the latest results of crash test the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety Organization, which carries the largest crash testing in the industry, has recently put three cups the most iconic sports in America thanks to its full crash- test battery for the first time and found that none of them has reached the threshold of recognition of the safety organization.
The Ford Mustang Chevrolet Camaro and Dodge Challenger have all fallen short of two Top Safety Pick and Top Safety Pick status, something that 65 other 2016 models obtained in the tests before released Tuesday morning, the results raise questions about the safety of motorists in cars, they're likely to conduct more risky behavior.
What we're seeing here is these vehicles are late on the characteristics of accident prevention which are integrated into the family Adrian Lund type cars.
These vehicles have high power and they're driven at higher speeds, and they'll plant at higher speeds, the president Adrian Lund IIHS says Autoblog You d like them to have a strong protection, but none them earned Top Safety Pick.
It can often be difficult for car buyers to discern many crash test different results Ninety-nine percent of the 2016 models tested under the federal program earn 4 or 5 stars, according to new data center for car safety, but the IIHS tests of muscle cars, marked differences appear.
The small overlap front test organization, which mimics the impact of front quarter of the car with a fixed object such as a parked vehicle or a tree at 40 miles per hour, the Camaro was the only model to get a good ranking the Mustang won a brand and the Challenger had marginal performance researchers found a significant intrusion on the Challenger, and space limited acceptable survival for measures taken on the pilot crash-test dummy indicated a high probability of injury severe leg pictured below.
left foot model was imprisoned and his ankle twisted technicians had unbolt the base of the model of his leg to free him from the wreck Only happened five other times in the history of the small overlap test organization.
When these vehicles go to the road in a single car accident, it is often in a small overlap configuration, said Lund, so that's a Forty-three important result percent of occupant car deaths occurred in crashes one vehicle in 2014, the latest year for which federal data is available.
IIHS evaluated the three vehicles on five of its crash tests, as well as their accident prevention systems in all, the Challenger was the car the less powerful of the group.
The Mustang came closest to achieving Top Safety Pick status, Lund said his small front cover side holds back, but otherwise it outperforms both competitors in strength on the roof strong roofs are particularly important for sports cars, which have among the highest driver death rates in rollovers one vehicle, said IIHS.
These vehicles have a high power and they re driven at higher speeds, and they plant ll at higher speeds Adrian Lund.
Another differentiating factor Both the Mustang and Challenger were equipped with basic accident-warning systems to alert drivers of impending collisions The Camaro has been equipped with some sort of accident prevention system.
What we're seeing here is these vehicles are behind on accident prevention features that are integrated into family-type cars, says Lund.
The results highlight another sore spot for the Big Three Detroit comes to security, they've fallen behind the competition of the 52 Top Safety Pick ratings assigned to 2016 models in January, one went to a domestic vehicle Chrysler 200 FCA who has since decided to end is the only domestic recipient.
IIHS doesn t usually crash test sports cars because they have a small overall share of the consumer market, but insurance data shows sports cars have the highest losses among passenger vehicles for repairs damage collision in the collision coverage, according to the Highway Loss Data Institute the three tested cars were equipped with V-8 engines.
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