Small Overlap Crash Test 2013 Yaris

[yarisse54]

Originally Posted by yarisse54

- Okay dudes and dudettes. The 2013 Toyota Camry totally flunked the IIHS' new small-overlap crash test. We know that the Camry is *supposed* to be safer and structurally stronger than the Yaris.

- But now, it seems that the 2013 Yaris is doomed to fail the same small-overlap crash test, since it seems unlikely that Toyota would make their smallest car stronger and safer than their midsize sedan, the Camry.

- So live in ignorance, or admit that Toyota seriously needs to redesign the safety cages in their cars ASAP?



http://wot.motortrend.com/2013-honda...#axzz2HdmdHrOG

As a buyer of a Camry, you can always try to justify your purchase by saying that the Camry has a good record of reliability, good interior spaciousness, or even comes in the color you want (!).

The truth is, the Camry and the Yaris are victims of cost-cutting to the extreme. Both vehicles have less steel than previous models (~200 lbs saved in the 2012 Camry over the 2007-2011 model).

No joke, but the 2012 onwards Yaris requires the buyer to pretend they do not see the lack of sound insulation, the absence of covered wheel wells, the hard plastic dash/door panels, no telescoping steering wheel, and absolutely no soft-touch trim on the rear doors!

Even though the Camry superficially performs just as well as other vehicles in the class, this new IIHS Small Overlap crash-test has revealed a serious trend of misrepresenting bad new products as being good or better than the old cars.

2012 - 2013 Camry and Yaris are better in some ways, but consumers are short-changed by the elimination of small features (sound proofing and thicker steel) which used to make Toyota vehicles quite refined in comparison to the competition.