Only Mini Cooper Countryman gets good rating in crash test
The Mini Cooper Countryman is the only small car to earn a good rating out of the 12 recently tested in the Insurance Institute for Highway Safetyês small overlap front crash test.
The test replicates what happens when the front corner of a vehicle collides with another vehicle or an object such as a tree or utility pole. In the test, 25 percent of a vehicleês front end on the driverês side strikes a rigid barrier at 40 mph.
Two electric vehicles and a hybrid were also tested. The Chevrolet Volt EV and Ford C-Max Hybrid earned acceptable ratings, and the Nissan Leaf earned a poor.
Ratings for the other cars tested were: acceptable (Mitsubishi Lancer, Scion FR-S, Subaru BRZ), marginal (Hyundai Velostar, Scion xB) and poor (Fiat 500L, Mazda 5 and Nissan Juke).
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