IIHS Low Speed Crash Results: Midsize Moderately Priced Cars

MIDSIZE MODERATELY PRICED CARS

Bumpers should protect car bodies from damage in low-speed collisions, the kind that frequently occur in congested urban traffic. But many don't. The Institute conducts four 5 mph crash tests to assess bumper performance: front-into-flat-barrier, rear-into-flat-barrier, front-into-angle-barrier, and rear-into-pole. Vehicles are listed in alphabetical order by manufacturer.

NOTE: Repair costs are as of February 2002. Where two or more models are grouped together on the same line, bumper tests were conducted on the model listed first.

	Front into flat barrier	Rear into flat barrier	Front into angle barrier	Rear into pole	All four tests	Average damage per test
MAZDA MILLENIA
1995 models	$148	$376	$1,179	$874	$2,577	$644
NISSAN MAXIMA INFINITI I30
2000 models	$1,065	$347	$439	$739	$2,590	$648
1998 models	$299	$192	$724	$320	$1,535	$384
1995 models	$512	$244	$814	$2,376	$3,946	$987
SAAB 9-3
1999 models	$0	$152	$666	$1,361	$2,179	$545
SAAB 900
1994 models	$0	$0	$976	$1,432	$2,408	$602
TOYOTA AVALON
2000 models	$341	$405	$647	$604	$1,997	$499
1998 models	$510	$329	$745	$311	$1,895	$474
VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT
1998 models	$184	$0	$761	$315	$1,260	$315
1995 models	$650	$858	$958	$1,234	$3,700	$925
VOLVO 850
1995 models	$370	$318	$835	$1,453	$2,976	$744

• Other low-speed results
• Midsize moderately priced cars frontal offset crash tests summary