"The IIHS released its findings Tuesday and said that only three of 11 midsize luxury and near-luxury cars earned good or acceptable ratings in the new overlap frontal crash test."

"Only three of the 11 midsize luxury cars put through the new test passed with good or acceptable ratings. The Acura TL and Volvo S60 earn good ratings, while the Infiniti G earns acceptable ratings. The Acura TSX, BMW 3 series, Lincoln MKZ and Volkswagen CC earn marginal ratings. The Mercedes-Benz C-Class, Lexus IS 250/350, Audi A4 and Lexus ES 350 earn poor. All of these cars are 2012 models."

So much for Lexus and the German cars. Those owners watch their insurance premiums..........

 

I saw this today too...quite interesting.

 

Saw this as well.~ almost same time wanted post on this forum haha

 

So much for having bought a safe family car....

 

You did... the G37 is extremely safe. the Acura TL and Volvo are ugly and boring anyways!

 

I guess the Acura TL's ugly snout was good for something afterall.

 

Link to IIHS article please?

 

can u provide the source for us plz ? either a link to an article or a video clip.. thanx

 

New, tougher insurance crash test gives passing grade to just three of 11 luxury sedans | Motoramic - Yahoo! Autos

LINK

 

What do you expect when everyone is rushing to make cars for fuel econ and quickest 0-60 with the tiniest engine they can stuff in the nose? The result is tin can sheet metal no tougher than soda bottles. Before my thick-skinned a decade old body-on-frame SUV heading toward junkyard, you are dead dare to have any physical contacts with mine.

 

My coupe is safe. My family car is a 2012 335i sedan, so it is slightly less safe.

 

This makes me feel doubly good about my purchase - its like bonus points which let me know I made the right decision with the G.

 

any car given the right circumstances will be a death box. nice to know the 6+ year old design of the V36 is holding up to crash test standards enacted this year and last year.

 

Moral of the story..... Hit the object head on, not slightly to the left or right of the center of the car.

 

How are they doing there testing. I know these cars are way better then that. I know of 2 ppl that were doing 100+ and totaled there car. Buy looking at the pix this one guy should be dead.