New side tests of large luxury cars: luxury doesn’t always buy safety

Thursday, August 16th, 2007 Auto

Three of six large car models earn the top rating of good, but one is marginal in side impact crash tests conducted by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. Results show a range of performance in how well large cars are designed to protect people in serious side crashes. Ratings of good, acceptable, marginal, or poor are based on a crash test in which a barrier designed to replicate the front end of a typical SUV or pickup truck strikes the tested vehicle in the side at 31 mph.

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http://www.iihs.org/news/rss/pr081607.html

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