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Du @ Nov 15th 2007 12:12PM
How can the Tundra which got a 4star government rating get an IIHS Top Safety Pick? Aren't the IIHS test tougher?
Truck should not be on the list even if it passed the IIHS tests with flying colors, the fact it hasn't done well in one of the tests (Gov or IIHS) means some part of it isn't the safest it could be.
psarhjinian @ Nov 15th 2007 12:32PM
IIHS and NHTSA crash tests are good compliments to each other, but they do test different crash aspects:
The NHTSA tests are, essentially, tests of the passive safety systems as the full-frontal and side-impact crashes distribute forces across the whole structure--something that usually does not happen in real life. They are good measures of how well airbags and such work.
The IIHS tests are a better tell as to the structure and the restraint systems--they concentrate force into a smaller area, more closely mimicking a real crash and stressing the structure of the vehicle to a greater degree. IIHS tests are also slightly more comparable across weight classes, but not very.
Usually, a vehicle will pass the NHTSA test but do more poorly on the IIHS one (the Chevy Venture and Ford F150 are particularly nasty examples of how badly a vehicle does in IIHS vs NHTSA). That the Tundra did the opposite is interesting, but not unheard of, and generally it's the IIHS test that matters more.
Remember: it's the *INSURANCE* Institute of Highway Safety. They want to keep you safe first and your vehicle safe second because medical payments cost a lot more than vehicle repairs/writeoffs.