August 7, 200619 yr Side (31 mph, SUV-like barrier) Toyota Camry - Good Toyota RAV4 (w/ SAB) - Good Lincoln Zephyr - Acceptable Hyundai Tucson - Acceptable Dodge Caliber - Marginal Frontal (40 mph, offset barrier) Toyota Camry - Good Toyota RAV4 - Good Kia Optima - Good Dodge Caliber - Good Lincoln Zephyr - Acceptable Hyundai Tucson - Acceptable Rear (seat/headrest design, dynamic rating) Kia Optima - Good Toyota Camry - Marginal Toyota RAV4 - Marginal Dodge Caliber - Marginal Lincoln Zephyr - Marginal Hyundai Tucson - Poor http://www.iihs.org/news/rss/pr080606.html The Caliber has a really beefy structure, so I suspect the upcoming torso airbag will raise its side rating to "good." The Optima will be tested later (side crash), since Kia is making a few design changes; I'm expecting an "acceptable" rating.
August 7, 200619 yr Author Camry (Good; structure -- Good) RAV4 (Good; structure -- Acceptable) Zephyr (Acceptable; structure -- Acceptable) Tucson (Acceptable; structure -- Acceptable) Caliber (Marginal; structure -- Good)
August 8, 200619 yr why is the mazda 6 and all its variants so poor in side crash testing? Ford, that's unacceptable.
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