some people buy cars even if their crash test rating is lower than ideal. in this case, the QX50 will be a vehicle for growing families, I wouldn't put my kids in an unsafe vehicle. if it was just me, than maybe i'll still get itI don't think people overlook crash safety when guying vehicles. At least I don't. Great to hear that the QX50 has top marks though. I wouldn't buy a car if there were serious flaws in its safety. Safety seems unimportant until you get in an accident and it saves your life.
i've seen those and some cars do poorlysome people buy cars even if their crash test rating is lower than ideal. in this case, the QX50 will be a vehicle for growing families, I wouldn't put my kids in an unsafe vehicle. if it was just me, than maybe i'll still get it
It much better to have cars that can take on serious crashes but it would hold back a lot of car makers from producing cars because of mandatory safety rules like that. On a really cheap car like the Soul, it will be hard to make it really safe and really affordableWow the Kia Forte looks like a death trap in this type of crash. The dummy's head rams into the side structure. Anyone in that type of crash would be seriously injured. I just don't see it as acceptable to put a car on the market that has safety issues like that. It shouldn't even be legal.
I just wonder sometimes does the overall price of the vehicles have an impact on the crash test. Liek cheaper cars would do poorly on the crash test where the higher price do better.i've seen those and some cars do poorly
one for instance is the Kia Soul, it's quite scary actually
Small overlap crash test results for small cars - IIHS News - YouTube
kind of worried what the QX50 might do in that test
Honda's usually have really good crash test ratings and they're cheap, i think it just depends on how big the car maker is and how involved they have been in safety tech.I just wonder sometimes does the overall price of the vehicles have an impact on the crash test. Liek cheaper cars would do poorly on the crash test where the higher price do better.
the overlap crash test is fairly new, i think it came out after the Infiniti EX did, so for that reason we won't see one, too late to do it now since it's an out going model. The next generation EX/QX50 will get it done though.I still haven't seen a video of a small overlap on the QX50 or EX35
why do you say that? why would they do crash tests on a chassis they already did it on? doesn't make sense.we should be seeing one for the QX50 that is for sale right now though. God knows when the next QX50 will come.
the main thing here is that the vehicle hasn't changed, it's still the same thing aside from a badge and it's name on paper. usually these test are done so the industry can measure it's safety, without this, there's no way to gauge how safe or unsafe it is.because the test has changed. they should do the test again. and the car has changed names.
I think all existing cars should be retested for the small overlap personally.the main thing here is that the vehicle hasn't changed, it's still the same thing aside from a badge and it's name on paper. usually these test are done so the industry can measure it's safety, without this, there's no way to gauge how safe or unsafe it is.
