Latest IIHS Fall Tests: Ford Focus and Volvo C30 Merit Summit Marks
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). has conducted its latest round of crash testing, this time for small two-door coupes..
“We're often asked about the crash test performance of 2-door cars,” says David Zuby, Institute senior vice president for vehicle research..”Design and structural differences mean we can'. automatically apply our test results of 4-door cars to 2-door versions of the same models. We decided to do these tests to see how the 2-doors stack up in protecting people in the 3 most common kinds of crashes.”
Five cars were tested: Chevrolet Cobalt, Ford Focus, Honda Civic, Scion tC and Volvo .30. The Focus and the .30 came away with top pick awards for their performance..
“Overall the results for 2-door cars are good news,” Zuby says..”All but one earn good ratings in our frontal offset test. Only 2 of the 5 earn this rating for protection in side crashes, but none of the 5 earns anything less than an acceptable rating. This is pretty good, considering how demanding the side test is. It simulates being struck by . pickup or SUV.”
IIHS: Crash Tests of Two-door Cars
