Turtle n Peeps wrote:
LOL, aaaaaaaaa as you can see from the title of this thread, your big hunk of SUV steel did not do too well in crash tests now did it. Only 2 of 9 passed the test.
Ok, I'm going to make this simple so you might be able to understand.
1) These are midsize SUVs. No full-size vehicles were mentioned. Did you even read the article?
2) If you did read the article, you would have seen this:
The SUVs generally performed well on six crash test measurements done by the institute.
So, out of seven tests, they only had problems with one. I like those odds.
3) Another quote, if you actually read the article:
The test 'continues to challenge manufacturers more than a year and a half after its introduction,' the institute said in a statement.
The institute uses its crash test scores to prod automakers into adding safety devices or making their cars more crash-resistant.
So, IIHS is constantly moving the goalposts to nag manufacturers into making more and more changes to the vehicles. I agree with continuous improvement, but when is enough enough?
ETA: And I found this nugget on another site:
The new test is far more demanding on the vehicle structure than the 40% offset test. In the first round of test, most vehicles did poorly; only three vehicles got "good" or "acceptable" ratings.
So, ALL vehicles do poorly in this test, not just SUVs. Maybe the writer of the article might have an agenda?
