IIHS releases latest round of safety scores for Infiniti M, Lexus HS and Toyota 4Runner
First the Oscars and now this! The envelope please! The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has released a bevy of scores for the Infiniti M, Lexus HS 250h and Toyota 4Runner and it was nothing but "Good" all around. The Infiniti and Toyota were tested for frontal offset and side impacts, with their "Good" score maintaining the scores of their predecessors. The Lexus scored a first-time Good" in the frontal offset test. You can get all the details on the most recent round of crash-testing here and scan the IIHS archives to see how the competition stacks up.
Gallery: First Drive: 2011 Infiniti M56
[Source: IIHS]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Romanw 5:47PM (3/09/2010)
This is good news. Good good good.
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neptronix 5:53PM (3/09/2010)
oh goody.
RAndroid 6:57PM (3/09/2010)
Good news indeed! At least Toyota drivers will have highly rated protection when the cars crash due to UNSOLVED acceleration problems!
I'm not being cynical either! I'm really frustrated that they don't even know what the problem is and they're fixing cars! Ya know? How can you patch / fix a problem that you're completely clueless about! Ugh!
I actually saw a Camry on the road today and though something like "Oh, watch that car it could hit me". I'm not kidding! I really did!
Anyways, congrats to all for good safety practices.....
cFoo 7:35PM (3/09/2010)
They forgot to mention the Lexus HS 250h also scored "Good" on "offset acceleration".
Mercennarius 6:40PM (3/09/2010)
I love the new Infiniti M....
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digitalzombie 4:13AM (3/10/2010)
me too ^^;
NudeLove93 6:24PM (3/09/2010)
Wow! That's amazing! Look at that M56!
The whole car is mangled and warped, but there was no intrusion into the driver and passenger compartments! It is amazing what crumple zones can do.
Wait...
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whofan 6:39PM (3/09/2010)
The Bulbous Bean! by MR. Bean.
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miketim1 7:12PM (3/09/2010)
I fail to see why this is so important that it need its own blog....
Are these the only cars that ever scored good or something?
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Kaveh 7:34PM (3/09/2010)
The Infiniti M sounds like a great car, be worth having one here with the horrible drivers.
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wvuquentin 9:37PM (3/09/2010)
Cool. I have a 2010 4Runner SR5 on order, so "good" is good.
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Sam 5:56AM (3/10/2010)
The devil is in the details, none of these vehicles passed the rollover test, or were even tested. So, although they scores good in frontal crash( what vehicle doesn't), The new rollover test is what completes the package. Epic fail to me.
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