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IIHS Low Speed Crash Results: Midsize Moderately Priced Cars

MIDSIZE MODERATELY PRICED CARS

Bumpers should protect car bodies from damage in low-speed collisions, the kind that frequently occur in congested urban traffic. But many don't. The Institute conducts four 5 mph crash tests to assess bumper performance: front-into-flat-barrier, rear-into-flat-barrier, front-into-angle-barrier, and rear-into-pole. Vehicles are listed in alphabetical order by manufacturer.

NOTE: Repair costs are as of February 2002. Where two or more models are grouped together on the same line, bumper tests were conducted on the model listed first.

  Front
into
flat
barrier
Rear
into
flat
barrier
Front
into
angle
barrier
Rear
into
pole
All
four
tests
Average
damage
per test
MAZDA MILLENIA      
1995 models $148 $376 $1,179 $874 $2,577 $644
NISSAN MAXIMA
INFINITI I30
 
2000 models$1,065$347$439$739$2,590$648
1998 models$299$192$724$320$1,535$384
1995 models$512$244$814$2,376$3,946$987
SAAB 9-3      
1999 models$0$152$666$1,361$2,179$545
SAAB 900      
1994 models$0$0$976$1,432$2,408$602
TOYOTA AVALON 
2000 models$341$405$647$604$1,997$499
1998 models$510$329$745$311$1,895$474
VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT      
1998 models $184 $0 $761 $315 $1,260 $315
1995 models$650$858$958$1,234$3,700$925
VOLVO 850      
1995 models$370$318$835$1,453$2,976$744

Other low-speed results
• Midsize moderately priced cars frontal offset crash tests summary


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