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The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) said bumpers on all but iii of 17 new midsize sedans it tested did not preserve the cars from costly damage in the kinds of low-speed mishaps that crop up in beefy collection and in room slews and follow in more than $6 cardinal a twelvemonth in guarantee claims.

Among the most unsuitable performers were the Nissan Maxima and Volkswagen Jetta. Both cars lasting complete $9,000 respectively in estimated defile from 4 faux bumps - two respectively at cardinal mph and six mph. The Nissan Maxima, VW Passat and the Pontiac G6 each endless the record magnitude of plunder. Over $4,500 charge of wreck were unbroken in fair one of the tests - the six mph full-width anterior contact. The IIHS same hoods, fenders, headlights and air-conditioning condensers requisite repairs.
Adrian Lund, the IIHS president, same that in solely two of the 68 bulge tests of the 17 cars did the bumpers to the full treasure opposite components from key damage: one of a Saturn Aura and other of a Hyundai Sonata. "The unbroken occupation of bumpers is to preserve wounded distant from headlights, hoods and opposite environment that are pricey to repair," Lund aforesaid. "In the rest, what we found is that bumpers aren't up to the job." Federal regulations necessitate bumpers to cherish sole up to 2.5 mph.

If in that are most unpleasant performers, there should likewise be the ideal ones. The IIHS same that the cardinal midsize cars that did "comparatively well" in the tests does regard the nation's bestseller - the Toyota Camry. Other top performers include the Mazda 6 and the Mitsubishi Galant. The cars prolonged little than $1,500 harmed in each of the iv bumps.

In a statement, Nissan Motors said, "We consider Nissan vehicles act competitively in terms of bill of service. The expenditure to renovate bumpers is honorable one deliberation." The auto maker claims that carry out ably and dependably. General Motors Corp., on the another hand, aforementioned it was assessing the institute's assessment grades. Volkswagen aforesaid it would filch the tests into justification in upcoming designs.

The association aforesaid the best expensive change occurs when the bumpers of colliding vehicles do not line up and ride beneath or all over each otherwise. In numerous cases, the relatively accompanying bumps sought executive frame straightening. Nonetheless, the institute supplemental that the comparatively soaring costs of switch surroundings for one models - not righteous the magnitude of mess up from the tests - accounted for some of the flux in fix costs.

The IIHS started conducting tests bumpers in 1969 but only just adapted the experiment to price over- or underride. In doing the tests, cars are bumped into a steel and plastic line of defence that mimics a car abundant. The lesser the plunder a car gets, the finer the bumper acting out is.