Lexus IS European Crash Test results - Highest score among its direct competitors

The Lexus IS has been awarded a 5-star safety rating for adult occupant protection and 33 points overall. The IS has scored particularly well on the side impact test, achieving full marks.

Additionally, the innovative front passenger twin-chamber airbag combined with the knee airbags have proved to be very effective.

In terms of pedestrian protection, the IS claims the highest score, 2 stars, among its direct competitors.


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Bill - 11/22/2006 11:25:56 AM

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175 comment flame war, my prediction.

S4cabriofoxone - 11/22/2006 11:30:20 AM

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I'm actually not even joking- the A4 has been the safest car in this classs for the past two years, and that's using America's stricter safety ratings.

99gs400 - 11/22/2006 11:51:46 AM

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PAST IS THE PAST and Audi will keep stay in the past, i am not surprise of the result after all it is a LEXUS !!!

ToyotaLexus - 11/22/2006 12:02:54 PM

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Not only is it the safest, but the nicest and more reliable, on other thoughts most of the other lexuses r safest in their classes

Bill - 11/22/2006 12:16:51 PM

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And the most boring. Don't forget that.

Rupert - 11/22/2006 12:51:21 PM

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good score.

Agent009 - 11/22/2006 1:19:47 PM

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Might want to check the Latest IIHS results. Toyota and Lexus hold 9 of 16 worst ranking.

MercBasher - 11/22/2006 4:32:00 PM

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Here goes Agent 009 spreading false and malicious information again - read the real IIHS article not Agent 009's lazy summary. http://www.iihs.org/news/rss/pr112106.html

2JZSoarer - 11/22/2006 9:22:26 PM

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Not more boring that a Mercedes C-class,aka old man's car!!

2JZSoarer - 11/22/2006 9:24:00 PM

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Excuse my Mistype:
Not more boring "than" a Mercedes C-class,aka old man's car!!

Designer1 - 11/22/2006 12:05:59 PM

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All I can say, God bless Toyota/Lexus and the other Japanese cars, without them we would've been broke now and gone crazy from driving other keeps on breaking cars if they were American or German, and now safety comes into play (not new news actually), so thanks to them they're keeping us safe as well beside reliable cars that reduce our visits to michanic shops.

Homer008 - 11/22/2006 2:26:08 PM

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Nice Post! ^5

MercBasher - 11/22/2006 2:50:51 PM

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Congratulations to Lexus. I bet this result is causing consternation in the offices of Audi and Mercedes, and of course BMW too.

Homer008 - 11/22/2006 5:57:04 PM

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what the heck is "consternation"? explain.

S4cabriofoxone - 11/22/2006 3:36:22 PM

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Wait, so suddenly, now that the A4 is the safest in this class in AMERICA, and the IS is the safest in EUROPE, which isn't as strict, the American results don't matter, when all the Lexus fans talk about are AMERICAN sales and AMERICAN reliability?

Rupert - 11/22/2006 4:29:08 PM

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isn't as strict? i thought ours were tougher?

Rupert - 11/22/2006 4:29:43 PM

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and anyway, the a4 has 5*s too, an 4 child stars, but only 1 pedestrian star.

MercBasher - 11/22/2006 4:33:37 PM

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Rupert that's so that the Audi drivers can mow down drivers of other vehicles like BMW, Lexus and Mercedes when as soon as they get out of their non-Audi vehicles!

Rupert - 11/22/2006 5:11:11 PM

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my mistake, sorry.
i thought the a4 had 5.
it is the 3er that has 5.

BMW530i - 11/22/2006 5:40:52 PM

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Can anyone tell me what the main differences are between our crash tests and Euro crash tests?

I'm so confused why some cars, that are safe in Europe, aren't safe here and vice versa.

Anyway, kudos to the IS.

chewy - 11/23/2006 2:46:03 PM

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So it is only better on the pedestrian category, the A4 was designed before the pedestrian category was implemented and that is why it doesn't do as well there.

But the A4 and the A6 were picked best in class for safety for 2007 with the study that came out several days ago. The A4 beat the IS in that one.

http://www.autospies.com/news/IIHS-2007-Top-Safety-Pick-Awards-10198/

S4cabriofoxone - 11/25/2006 12:24:54 AM

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It was me.