Toyota Camry gets slammed in new crash test

[Korean]

Toyota Camry gets slammed in new crash test - Dec. 20, 2012

Toyota Camry gets slammed in new crash test
By Peter Valdes-Dapena @PeterDrives December 20, 2012: 10:13 AM ET

America's most popular car fared poorly in a new crash test from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.

The auto safety group, which is financed by the insurance industry, recently tested a group of new family sedans, including the Camry, Honda Accord and Ford Fusion.

The cars, 18 different models in all, were subjected to a new type of front crash test in which a car, going at 40 miles an hour, strikes a crash barrier with just a small part of the front bumper on the driver's side. It's a tough test, since it concentrates impact forces into a small area. When the IIHS put a group of luxury cars through the same test in August, only two cars out of 11 got top marks.

In the latest test, the two cars that did the worst, earning ratings of "Poor," were the Toyota Camry and the Toyota Prius v hybrid wagon. In the test, the Camry's front wheel was pushed back, bending the passenger compartment footwell inward.

The US has the toughest crash tests in the world where even a Camry crushes like thin can, so the US market is effectively closed to new comers from India and China.

 

[rcrmj]

Toyota Camry gets slammed in new crash test - Dec. 20, 2012

The US has the toughest crash tests in the world where even a Camry crushes like thin can, so the US market is effectively closed to new comers from India and China.

you forgot to put Korean tin cars alone with China and Indian 'tin cars'

 

[Korean]

you forgot to put Korean tin cars alone with China and Indian 'tin cars'

The current Sonata, which was released in 2009 and is set to be replaced in a year, received Marginal rating in the same test, better than the current Camry released last year. The new one due out in Fall 2013 will ace it.

 

[huskie]

at least the Japanese cars won't fake reports and statistics.

 

[Korean]

at least the Japanese cars won't fake reports and statistics.

??? I don't understand what you mean?

 

[huskie]

the Korean car brands are notorious for their manipulating and faking the mpg numbers in the states. apparently, test results to them can be modified according to their will.

 

[kawaraj]

The current Sonata, which was released in 2009 and is set to be replaced in a year, received Marginal rating in the same test, better than the current Camry released last year. The new one due out in Fall 2013 will ace it.

I heard this shoddy car Sonata by Hyundai was chosen by some Chinese and Vietnamese cities by corrupted officials and then was denied the liscences for poor safety qualification.

 

[Rusty]

Japanese cars are slipping
5 years ago I would never even think of buying a non-Japanese car
Now, well lets just say Koreans are beating Japan at their own game in many areas.

 

[kawaraj]

Japanese cars are slipping
5 years ago I would never even think of buying a non-Japanese car
Now, well lets just say Koreans are beating Japan at their own game in many areas.

not much as I know, let me wrap it up if Korean firms overtake Japanese ones in one specific area, that area will certainly fall into Chinese firms' hands in no time.

and some high end areas Japanese firms are still lead a far cry if the Chinese don't catch up fast. there's a day when Japanese techs found tie to Chinese ones, Koreans will find they stands in the waters.

Let me elaborate more, the Koreans are good in mobile phone making, those equipment and tools of "the making" are all made in Japan.

 

[banned]

The US has the toughest crash tests in the world where even a Camry crushes like thin can, so the US market is effectively closed to new comers from India and China.

Camry is actually the most expensive tin can money can buy.

the Korean car brands are notorious for their manipulating and faking the mpg numbers in the states. apparently, test results to them can be modified according to their will.

Cerato has the worst fuel economy I have ever seen on any car and demands premium fuel..?

 

[Kompromat]

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