5 Series And New Sonata Rank Top In Latest Crash Tests - Versa At Bottom Of List

Not real world.........

You must work for a Tobacco company. They may not be real world but what do you expect them to do. Go and ask the people who died in these types of crashes how they faired? It's a rating system and in order to do that they must operate it as an experiment and have a constant to work off of. I guess you bombed science in school as well.

Therefore I give you a 1 star rating for knowledge on this article or the federal crash testing/standards. But it's ok because my assumptions are not based on "real world."

Impressed at how well the new Jeep GC did. It is up there with previous 5 star sedans.

Having the bones of Mercedes ML helps.

Arguably most of the sedans that fared well were designed with these standards in mind.

The older designs like the Camry will typically perform rather poorly by comparison. I would expect the next gen Camry to rate 4 stars overall given their past performance history.

Oh really. If anything the history of the past 10 years has shown that almost all redesigned Toyota models get 5 stars for the then-current crash test standards.

Just a note to readers that these crash test numbers are soon to become history as newer, more stringent criteria is being evolved, as we speak. The NHTSA and others have concluded that it's too easy to get the 5-Star safety rating, and so, they are in the process of raising the bar with respect to what each "level," or star, of the 5-star system means.

So with respect to knowitall1985's "Not real world" statement, the truth in what he says is that the "5 Stars" rating is simply the highest value a car can get under the current system, and this highest value encompasses a broad range of expected injuries and severities. The unsuspecting reader simply assumes that all vehicles that attain the 5-star rating are *equally* safe, which is untrue. Hence, why this rating system is being revamped.

These are the first tests under the new system.

For the ones that say the BMW are getting FAT....now I hope you understand that is not Fat...it is Security. Kudos to BMW and Hyundai

Did the female dummy have a cell phone in one hand and lipstick in the other?

Very likely ..lol.

Hey 009, your beloved BMW is no different from a Hyundai when it comes to safety.

it's a great accomplishment for hyundai. too bad they can't make a decent engine, chassis or original design.

BMW Recalls 200,000 vehicles for leaking brake systems. Where's the story on this one???????????

there is a submit article button, learn how to use it.

by the way, it's POTENTIAL. there aren't 200k cars rolling around with no brakes.

you're right, there are 200k cars with no brakes rolling around. that's why we've seen all the headlines about thousands of BMWs, rolls royces and minis in accidents. oh right...that hasn't happened.

enthusiastx11 : I agree with you but you do not expect that kind of potential issue in a car cost double or more than a Hyundai, and also this problem affect Rolls Royce and 7 series, ( ROLLS...a car that if you sell it, you could buy a rent car fleet of hyundais and the 7 series is a luxury car). In those cases, most of the users will be very upset.