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2015 Hyundai Sonata Posts Strong Results during IIHS Crash Test [w/Video]
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s small overlap crash test is clearly no longer catching manufacturers off-guard, and they have already begun factoring it into the structural design of all their new cars. Proof is the impressive overall performance achieved by the 2015 Sonata midsized sedan.
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Updated Audi A6 Earns Top Safety Pick+ Rating From Iihs
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has just awarded the revised 2016 Audi A6 its highest Top Safety Pick+ honors. The car’s performance was rated as “stellar,†especially thanks to its better handling of the small overlap crash...
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Iihs Calls 2015 Nissan Sentra A Top Safety Pick
Now that manufacturers have started bracing and adapting their cars for the very difficult small overlap crash test introduced by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), it seems to be paying off in spades. For Nissan, its Sentra sedan didn’t...
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Iihs Finds Most Minivans Don’t Take The Small Overlap Crash Test Well
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) recently tested a batch of family-friendly minivans. Their findings suggest that none are really terrific at dealing with the small overlap crash test, and out of the five models tested, only two were...
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Kia Ups Small Overlap Protection Of Two Models, But Only One Recommended
Kia has tried to improve the safety rating of its Soul and Forte, two models which did not fare well at all in the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s (IIHS) crash tests. Both vehicles were rated ‘poor’ for the difficult small...
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Iihs Finds Small Overlap Crash Test Proves Too Much For Most City Cars
Out of the eleven subcompact cars that the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) recently tested, only one achieved an ‘acceptable’ rating in the difficult small overlap crash test. This has prompted them to call “these tiny...
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