The key is that do you believe the tests.
Honda Motor Co.’s Accord received the best possible safety rating among
2011 model-year passenger cars tested for crashes under new U.S. evaluation
standards, edging ahead of Toyota Motor Corp. and Hyundai Motor Co. sedans.
The mid-size Accord, Honda’s top-selling U.S. model, got an overall five-
star rating, according to results posted on the U.S. National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration’s website.
Of 40 models tested so far, six rated five stars overall. Accord is the
first to get five stars in each of three crash categories tested by NHTSA.
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said last month that the ratings are
aimed at boosting overall safety and ensuring the results more accurately
reflect the crashworthiness of new cars and light trucks. Changes include
the use of female crash- test dummies for the first time, along with male
versions, to collect data about injuries to the chest, head, neck and legs.
The 2011 Accord sedan received five stars on side and frontal crashes and
rollovers, according to NHTSA.
Honda rose 0.5 percent to 3,045 yen as of the 11 a.m. trading break in Tokyo
. The stock has declined 2.1 percent in 2010.
Hyundai’s Sonata, with an overall five-star rating, got the top score for
side crashes and rollovers and four stars for frontal crashes, NHTSA said
last month. Toyota’s Camry, the best-selling U.S. passenger car, rated
three stars overall, earning three for side and frontal crashes and four for
rollovers.
The agency continues to test 2011 model-year cars and trucks and is adding
the results as they are completed. The results are available at http://www.safercar.gov.
To contact the reporters on this story: Alan Ohnsman in Los Angeles at
aohnsman@bloomberg.net; Angela Greiling Keane in Washington at agreilingkea@
bloomberg.net
To contact the editor responsible for this story: Kae Inoue at kinoue@
bloomberg.net |
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