OT: New IIHS Frontal crash test… Interesting results…

[Coronita]

Most luxury brands did pretty bad.
2012 Acura TSX, 2012 BMW 3-Series, 2012 Lincoln MKZ and 2012 Volkswagen CC: “marginal,”

2012 Audi A4, 2012 Lexus ES, 2012 Lexus IS, and 2012 Mercedes-Benz C-Class: poor…

Surprisingly, the ones the did well with good rating
Volvo s60 and Acura TL, and Infiniti G with an acceptable.

Looks like with the new frontal offset, the front/side impact airbag didn’t cover the driver’s head and it went right into the dash…Ouch…

http://www.iihs.org/news/rss/pr081412.html

Also

Next, the Institute will assess midsize moderately priced cars, including such top-selling models as the Ford Fusion, Honda Accord and Toyota Camry.

[svelte]

Ah, screw it. Don’t buy for luxury. Buy for sheer beauty.

Screw that too. Beautiful cars are like beautiful women. Lust after them, spend exorbitant amounts of money on them, then at the strangest times they explode with no warning or reason and leave you heartbroken.

http://jalopnik.com/5934404/fisker-assures-us-they-have-no-idea-why-their-cars-keep-catching-on-fire

[Coronita]

[quote=svelte]Ah, screw it. Don’t buy for luxury. Buy for sheer beauty.

Screw that too. Beautiful cars are like beautiful women. Lust after them, spend exorbitant amounts of money on them, then at the strangest times they explode with no warning or reason and leave you heartbroken.

http://jalopnik.com/5934404/fisker-assures-us-they-have-no-idea-why-their-cars-keep-catching-on-fire%5B/quote%5D

I’m sure the punchline is someone is going to say something about leasing.

[spdrun]

If only they could do the IIHS tests with actual insurance executives in the front seats!

[equalizer]

[quote=flu]Next, the Institute will assess midsize moderately priced cars, including such top-selling models as the Ford Fusion, Honda Accord and Toyota Camry.
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Wonder if Accord will have same protection as the TL? Wonder if Ford cars will retain strong safety culture imported from Volvo since Ford has sold Volvo?

Bet the automakers are ticked off since most cars are 4-5 stars and they thought they could coast regarding safety.

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