The Mazda CX-5 Is The Only Compact SUV To Get A Good Rating On This New IIHS Test
Nineteen other compact SUVs were not, in fact, 'good.'
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has a new side-impact test that seems designed to pressure automakers to up their game, in that 19 of the 20 cars IIHS recently tested did not pass with a “good” rating. In fact, the Mazda CX-5 was the only one that did.
From IIHS:
Nine vehicles earn acceptable ratings: the Audi Q3, Buick Encore, Chevrolet Trax, Honda CR-V, Nissan Rogue, Subaru Forester, Toyota RAV4, Toyota Venza and Volvo XC40.
Eight others — the Chevrolet Equinox, Ford Escape, GMC Terrain, Hyundai Tucson, Jeep Compass, Jeep Renegade, Kia Sportage and Lincoln Corsair — earn marginal ratings. Two more, the Honda HR-V and Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross, receive poor ratings.
All but one of the tested vehicles was a 2021 model. Mitsubishi skipped the 2021 model year for the Eclipse Cross, so the 2020 model was tested. With the exception of the Compass and the Tucson, the ratings carry over to 2022 models.
“Obviously, these results aren’t great, but they’re in line with what we expected when we adopted this more stringent test,” says IIHS Senior Research Engineer Becky Mueller, whose research formed the foundation for the new test protocol.
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has a new side-impact test that seems designed to pressure automakers to up their game, in that 19 of the 20 cars IIHS recently tested did not pass with a “good” rating. In fact, the Mazda CX-5 was the only one that did.
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