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发帖数: 5697 | 1 http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2012/12/19/iihs-honda-
IIHS: Family cars safer than luxury cars in new crash test
Honda's new Accord and Suzuki Kazashi performed best
(Photo: Insurance Institute for Highway Safety)
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
More of the family cars tested by IIHS passed a key safety test than the
luxury cars
Only three of 11 luxury cars got passing marks in the 'narrow offset' test
Honda Accord and Suzuki Kizashi did the best
More mass-market midsize family cars got passing marks than did luxury cars
in a relatively new crash test designed to show how well vehicles protect
passengers when they crash into a narrow object, the insurance industry's
safety arm says today.
Of 18 moderately priced midsize cars tested from the 2013 model year, 13
were rated good or acceptable in a new kind of crash test engineered by the
Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. Only three of 11 midsize 2012 luxury
cars tested earlier got those ratings.
The "narrow offset" test involves crashing a car so that its front corner —
20% of its front end — strikes a vertical, thin object such as a pole or a
tree at 40 miles an hour. It is a more severe frontal test than those in
the battery of government crash tests.
"About 10,000 deaths a year are in frontal crashes and about one-fourth of
those are 'narrow offset,' " says IIHS spokesman Russ Rader. "We think it is
important to look at how people are actually dying in real-world crashes."
He says that the family sedans generally are newer and makers such as Honda
were able to design improvements to meet the new test. Otherwise, he says,
it's a mystery as to why the luxury group would score lower as a group.
Safety features such as crash protection and air bags are top selling points
for all cars these days, especially family sedans. But makers often give
their pricier luxury cars even more exotic safety features, such as infrared
systems that detect pedestrians or animals in the darkness or costly carbon
-fiber structural elements. Thus, Rader says, it'd be logical for them to
perform better.
Chuck Thomas, Honda's chief engineer for safety, said in an interview that
the team saw hints of IIHS' plans for a new test as far back as 2009 so it
could design the changes into the new family sedan. "It's something we've
been following for some time," he says.
He says the team got existing safety structures in the new Accord's body to
work better in conjunction with each other and used more high-strength steel
, which also reduced the car's weight.
The two getting the top "good" score in the offset test among the 2013
family car pack: Suzuki Kizashi and new Honda Accord sedan, though Suzuki
recently announced it will no longer sell cars in the U.S.
Cars rated "acceptable" include Ford Fusion, Honda Accord coupe, Kia Optima,
Nissan Altima, Nissan Maxima, Subaru Legacy, Subaru Outback, Dodge Avenger,
Chrysler 200, Mazda6 and Volkswagen Passat. "Marginal" performers are
Hyundai Sonata, Chevrolet Malibu and VW Jetta. Those rated "poor" include
Toyota's Camry and Prius V hybrid.
Among the luxury vehicles, Acura TL and Volvo S60 rated "good," and Infiniti
's G sedan was "acceptable." "Marginal" performers included Acura TSX, BMW 3
Series, Lincoln MKZ and Volkswagen CC. Lexus ES and IS, Mercedes-Benz C-
Class and Audi A4 rated "poor."
In a statement about the low Toyota and Lexus scores, Toyota noted that IIHS
"periodically develops new, more severe or specialized tests which go
beyond federal requirements. With this new test, the Institute has raised
the bar again and we will respond to the challenge." | t*****g
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