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more about #insuranceinstituteforhighwaysafety more comments → FTGDWolverineEdition'09: Of course they are safe. After all they have been designed to cater for the needs of Asian woman drivers. more » Socialvegetable: This comes as no surprise to me. I rear-ended a Kia Spectra at about 5-10 mph merging onto a highway. The Kia's rear bumper was a little scuffed. My '... more » Flathead Smith: I don’t trust any deranged entity that destroys perfectly good cars more » STR8SIX: The Prius rating must have been blogged before the Li-ion battery pack vented and set the lab on fire. more » Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet: Excellent crash performance should translate into a stiffer chassis and better mounts subframes and components. These should translate into better ha... more » HammSammich: So given their excellent crash survivability rating, I'm hoping for a professional demolition derby series featuring only Toyota and Honda hybrids. ... more » goatrope: The IIHS tests are getting too easy to ace. these automakers with their supercomputers are able to dial in their desired scores. It's like the autom... more » smalleyxb122: I'm pleased that the Soul did well. The prospective drivers of these are probably going to do something stupid, but they've got their whole lives ahe... more » Karsten Von Urea for All Sales Event: The 2010 Kia Soul (Why not Seoul?) also gets my pick for the only box car I don't absolutely detest. Congratulations on the award and your sexy rear ... more » Das ASHloch (achtundsiebzig): "Why did the wife make me buy this thing?! I give up. There's a tree." SMASH. "Dammit." more » gabeedwards01: Several points to make here. 1. These cars shown above don't have bumpers. They have a section of the nose and tail which are safety zones for pedestr... more » Bentoboxx, My Tank is full of it: I live in the city where most people have to street park on a daily basis. Almost everyone gets their bumpers chipped and scraped and it just makes th... more » Electro Gyrocator: Who is going to buy these cars and not have full coverage insurance on them? I think that's why people don't really care about this stuff. Nobody is g... more » 2trips: The IIHS fails to take into account that if my bumper is damaged, I will replace it with 2X4, re-bar and barbed wire. Maximum repair cost: $20 more » MaWeiTao: What I'm trying to figure out is how it is that the two domestic cars are so much more expensive to repair than the foreign ones. And the Maxima, whic... more » -
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Kia Soul, Insight And Prius Awarded IIHS Top Safety Ratings
Both the 2010 Honda Insight and 2010 Toyota Prius earned top safety ratings from the IIHS, meaning neither can hold it over the other's head. The cheap Kia Soul, though, is probably going to do some boasting. More » -
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IIHS: No Mid-Size Cars Score "Good" In Low-Speed Collisions
The IIHS has performed another round of slow-speed bumper tests, this time demonstrating all mid-size sedans will cost you a pretty penny to repair in slow speed collisions. See how your favorite appliance auto did below.
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#iihs
IIHS: PT Cruiser Most Dangerous New Small Car In America
The Insurance Institute For Highway Safety has retested the most popular small cars in America and the good news is they're getting safer. The bad news comes if you own a PT Cruiser.
