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Small Car Crash Test Score Half vehicles in bad reconsideration accident, U S Security Group Reports.
DETROIT Reuters, 8 Aug - The automotive industry continued its poor performance in the U S Security influential group new crash test half of small cars tested did not fare well.
Six of the tested cars, most of which were 2013 models were rated poor or marginal General Motors Chevrolet Sonic Co and Cruze each received marginal scores, while Kia Motors Corp. Soul and 2014 Forte were rated poor in the results released Thursday by the insurance Institute for Highway safety.
Nissan Motor Co Sentra was also rated poor, while Beetle Volkswagen AG was rated marginal.
The IIHS has increased the rigor of its testing last year to include accidents involving only a front corner of a vehicle The insurance group said nearly a quarter of the United States before the vehicle crashes that result in serious injury or death concern only one area that strikes another vehicle or an object like a tree or utility pole.
The IIHS continues to mark the vehicles on the side, back, rollover and frontal plant that affect more than a corner.
This is another tough crash test and it is not surprising that some vehicles earn marginal notes and poor IIHS spokesman Russ Radar said the small overlap crash test before.
This scenario of the accident doesn t lend itself to a Band-Aid solution and for most manufacturers against the measure to be built when it's a complete overhaul, he added.
Vehicle manufacturers in the U S market often design and implement their models to get good results in the IIHS safety tests and use the results in their marketing.
It is important because in the cars of today's world are so competitive that all you need is a little lacking and competition can exploit, Kelley Blue Book principal analyst Karl Brauer said.
Most of the 12 small cars tested were already in production before the IIHS has increased the rigor of its crash test before last year, however, Radar said IIHS alerted businesses to the work of the group was done on small overlapping research in 2009.
The test specifications are not finalized until last year, which is late in the development process of a car, Brauer said all automakers eventually redesign their cars to meet the standards to pass the new test of the accident, he said.
In tests, blocks IIHS a vehicle 40 mph within a 5-foot high barrier on the driver's side that covers a quarter of the width of the vehicle.
Kia noted that the test small overlap IIHS crash goes beyond federal requirements and the group recognized many Kia vehicles up Safety Pick The South Korean automaker said it would evaluate the results carefully, but the company was proud of its safety record.
GM said customer safety remains a priority and is committed to its cars with good all types of accidents.
We are actively working to integrate them into our models, including our small cars like the Chevrolet Cruze and Sonic, where technically possible, GM spokeswoman Sharon Basel said in an email.
Nissan and VW said they were proud of their safety records cars to federal crash tests and other crash tests the IIHS, but they would examine the results small overlap test and integrate what is learned in future designs.
In the worst case with small cars that get good results, safety cages collapsed, airbags driver moved to the side and the head of the impact dummy hit the dashboard and side airbags curtain will deploy or provide sufficient protection, research director IIHS said David Zuby.
The small car segment was the fourth group of cars using this new test noted, and most groups also fared badly.
Last summer, seven of the 11 luxury sedans evaluated evaluated marginal or poor, and 12 of 15 small SUV was also tested failed to get good results in the results published in May family sedan marked the best with only five 18 marginal or poor ratings in the released results last December.
As a group, small cars were less successful than family midsize sedans, but better than the small sport utility vehicles, IIHS said the results of the new crash test for minicars will be released later this year.
Les six other small cars tested included two and four-door versions of the Civic Honda Motor Co Ltd, both of which have received good marks The Civic was tested earlier this year and the results were published in March.
Receiving valid grades were Chrysler Dodge Dart Focus Ford Motor Co, Hyundai Motor Co Elantra and Toyota Motor Corp. Scion tC 2014.
All cars scoring well received Top Safety Pick ratings by the vehicle insurance trade group earn safest prices of the institute received good grades in the four traditional tests and good or acceptable rating in the small test overlap.
IIHS said he has not tested the Toyota Corolla because the automaker plans to release a redesigned 2014 model this month.
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