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Toyota Rav 4 failed the crash tests

Toyota Rav 4 не прошел краш-тестыThe new Toyota has not passed crash testing.

For the first time in the history of checks a front impact on a rigid barrier with a small overlap was carried out from the front passenger side.

The insurance Institute for road safety, the United States decided to test how symmetrical modern cars, in terms of passive safety. For the first time in the history of frontal impact on a rigid barrier with a small overlap was carried out from the front passenger side.

Front impact with a small overlap — the crown room in the IIHS test programme, which is still hard to cope. However, in the four years that there was this crash test, most manufacturers have successfully adapted it to their cars. In this regard, experts IIHS decided to find out how “point” is such an adaptation, after all these years, the impact at 64 km/h on a rigid wall with a rounded edge held the driver’s side, left front corner machine/

What happens if you spend exactly the same impact, but on the passenger side? To get the answer to this question, the testers broke on both sides seven popular in America, crossovers, had received an excellent rating for crash test with a small overlap on the driver side: Buick Encore (Opel Mokka clone), Honda CR-V, Hyundai Tucson, Mazda CX-5, Nissan Rogue (X-Trail, Subaru Forester and Toyota RAV4.

The results obtained are striking: fully symmetrical was only one car — Korean Hyundai Tucson.

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