Posts Tagged ‘rating’

Mini & microcars: bumper tests

Sunday, November 15th, 2009

Urban drivers often pick mini and microcars because theyre affordable, fuel efficient, and easy to park on city streets. Fender-benders are hazards of urban driving, and just one of them can add up to thousands of dollars in repair costs because car bumpers dont adequately protect vehicles from damage. None of the bumpers on 7 mini and microcars the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety recently tested earn the top rating of good, and just 1, the Smart Fortwo, is acceptable. Five out of the …

Euro NCAP | Suzuki Alto | 2009 | Crash test

Thursday, May 28th, 2009

FrontalImpact takes place at 64 Km/h, 40% of the width of the car striking a deformable barrier. In the side impact, a mobile deformable barrier impacts the driver’s door at 50 km/h. In the pole test, the car tested is propelled sideways at 29km/h into a rigid pole.