[车型点评]2009美国高速公路汽车安全—只有日本车？

2009美国高速公路汽车安全—只有日本车？

　　美国汽车安全汽车品种并不能代表，此种品牌在中国是安全的。美国消费者是成熟的市场，消费者以前跟中国一样关心价格，油耗，

　　到目前为止，美国比较关心安全了，日本车从以前易拉罐，逐渐把车做的安全。中国市场不同，大家还很穷，没有太多钱去买安全车，

　　这一点日本仔清楚，所以给我们制造大量的易拉罐，怕中国人说不安全，搬出美国汽车安全排名。佳美在美国卖得不错，

　　在中国的价格是美国的1.5倍，很多人中国人都上当了---成为有名的刹不住。

　　随机采访一下中国人，问问路边的人，50% 以上认为日本车不安全，理论油耗过于虚假，过高的虚假功率，

　　 问一问日本车主，至少有30%认为自己的车不是十分安全。

　　你想用日本人对待美国主子的态度对待中国人，可能吗？

　　买了个易拉罐，还说自己的车是世界排名安全的车（美国的车，在美国测试的结果）

　　请把你的易拉罐拿到中国的货柜车相撞，前后夹击，看看测试结果，不要60公里碰撞。

　　不要自己撞墙，跟前后8吨车70公里相撞---这是中国路上常有的情况，最现实。

　　因为日本车轻，大家知道撞击后果=速度+重量，自己撞墙的结果，就令人怀疑。

　　最好，同一级别车型，相互撞击。评级。

　　日本托------不要再有牙防组！！！！不要拿国外的乱七八糟的东西忽悠我们。

　　日本为中国造中国特色的车，专门为这个特定市场打造的。

　　下面的内容是真实的美国高速公路评出的安全-----有72款车之多。

　　Vehicles are getting safe according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, which published its list of 2009 Top Safety Picks today. A total of 72 vehicles earned Top Safety Pick honors this year, which means each one earned the highest score of Good in front, side and rear crash tests performed by the IIHS, as well as offers electronic stability control. Ford and Volvo had the most cars on the list with 16 total, while Honda/Acura nabbed 13. The VW/Audi Group had nine models, and General Motors and Toyota each had eight.

　　Proper head restraints were apparently a major stumbling block that kept a total of 26 vehicles off the list. The Chevy Malibu, Saturn Aura, Toyota Prius and Camry, smart fortwo, Infiniti G35 and M35 and many more would have made the list if they offered adequate head restraint designs. Chrysler LLC was the only automaker with no Top Safety Picks, and would have earned the honor for the Dodge Avenger/Chrysler Sebring and Dodge Grand Caravan/Chrysler Town and Country if they had offered better head restraint designs.

　　The IIHS says that this year's total of 72 picks is more than double last year's crop and triple the amount from 2007. That says new car safety is moving in the right direction and helped along the most by the widespread inclusion of ESC as standard equipment. Aside from Chrysler LLC, the good showing of both Ford and GM is also testament to the fact that U.S. automakers are not only keeping up with their competition when it comes to safety, but in many ways leading it.

　　Check out the complete list of all 72 Top Safety Picks after the jump.

　　UPDATE: Video added after the jump.

　　[Source: IIHS]

　　PRESS RELEASE:

　　IIHS Names Top Safety Performers for 2009

　　ARLINGTON, VA - Crash Test Winners - Seventy-two vehicles earn the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's Top Safety Pick award for 2009. This is more than double the number of 2008 recipients and more than 3 times the number of 2007 winners. Top Safety Pick recognizes vehicles that do the best job of protecting people in front, side, and rear crashes based on good ratings in Institute tests. Winners also have to have electronic stability control (ESC), which research shows significantly reduces crash risk.

　　For the first time ever, winners represent every class of vehicle the Institute tests except microcars. Most car, minivan, and SUV models, midsize convertibles, and small and large pickups are eligible. Ford and its subsidiary Volvo have 16 winners, including the Ford F-150 large pickup. Thirteen winners are from Honda and its Acura division. The Honda Fit with optional ESC is the first minicar to earn Top Safety Pick.

　　Honda, Acura, and Subaru, which picked up 4 awards, are standouts for 2009 because they have at least 1 Top Safety Pick in every vehicle class in which they compete.

　　"Consumers are the biggest winners," says Institute president Adrian Lund. "No matter what kind of vehicle buyers may be considering, now they can walk into just about any dealership and find one that affords the best overall protection in serious crashes."

　　Front and side impacts are the most common kinds of fatal crashes, killing about three-quarters of the 28,896 passenger vehicle occupants who died in 2007. Rear-end crashes usually aren't fatal, but they result in a large proportion of crash injuries. Neck sprain or strain is the most commonly reported injury in two thirds of insurance claims for injuries in all kinds of crashes.

　　Automakers improve protection: Top Safety Pick provides an incentive for manufacturers to offer safer vehicle designs that go far beyond basic federal standards.

　　"In order to win, automakers have beefed up the side structures of vehicles and added side airbags to do a better job of protecting people in serious side crashes," Lund says. "They're rapidly adding ESC to prevent crashes, and they're designing seats and head restraints that do a better job of protecting against whiplash."

　　The changes are evident in the safety equipment that is increasingly standard. For the 2009 model year, 84 percent of passenger cars, 99 percent of SUVs, and 23 percent of pickups have standard side airbags with head protection. The same is true for ESC. It's standard on 74 percent of passenger cars, 99 percent of SUVs, and 37 percent of pickups.

　　Crash avoidance is required: The Institute began the Top Safety Pick program in 2006, initially giving out 2 tiers of awards. Gold winners scored good ratings for front, side, and rear crash protection. Silver winners had good ratings in front and side tests and acceptable ratings in rear evaluations.

　　For 2007, the Institute raised the bar to win by requiring good rear impact results and ESC as either standard or optional equipment. ESC helps drivers maintain control of their vehicles in the worst situation - loss of control at high speed - by engaging automatically when it senses vehicle instability and helping to bring a vehicle back in the intended line of travel. ESC lowers the risk of a fatal single-vehicle crash by about half, and it lowers the risk of a fatal rollover crash by as much as 70 percent.

　　Rear, side performance still lags: Crash tests have driven major improvements in the designs of all kinds and sizes of passenger vehicles. The Institute began conducting frontal tests for consumer information in 1995. Side tests were added in 2003 and rear tests in 2004. Most vehicles earn good ratings based on the frontal crash test, but significant differences remain among vehicles' performance in side and rear tests.

　　Twenty-six models fall short of earning Top Safety Pick because of inadequate head restraint designs. The Smart Fortwo, the only microcar in the US market, missed because of its head restraints. The same goes for Toyota's hybrid Prius, which performed well in the Institute's front and side crash tests but came up short for rear crash protection.

　　Chrysler is the only major automaker lacking a single Top Safety Pick. It could have picked up 5 awards if the head restraints were better in the Dodge Avenger and Chrysler Sebring, the Sebring convertible, and the Dodge Grand Caravan and Chrysler Town & Country.

　　A 2008 Institute analysis of insurance claims found that, all other factors being the same, drivers of vehicles with seat/head restraint combinations rated good in Institute evaluations were 15 percent less likely to sustain neck injuries in rear-end crashes than drivers of vehicles with poor head restraints.

　　Eleven vehicles missed the mark because they didn't earn a good rating for occupant protection in side crashes. Many of these vehicles are smaller cars whose size puts them at a disadvantage in the challenging test compared with larger, heavier vehicles.

　　"Still, the sheer number of this year's winners indicates that automakers have made huge strides to improve crash protection to achieve Top Safety Pick designation," Lund says. "For years Toyota had more also-rans than winners. For 2009 this automaker has come on strong by updating seats and head restraints in the Avalon, Corolla, FJ Cruiser, and RAV4 to earn good ratings. Volkswagen has done the same with the Eos, Jetta, Passat, and Rabbit."

　　Winners include 8 large cars, 13 midsize cars, 6 small cars, 1 minicar, 3 midsize convertibles, and 3 minivans. Among SUVs, 19 are midsize, 10 are small, and 5 are large. The 2008 Toyota Tundra was the first large pickup to earn Top Safety Pick. For 2009, the Tundra is joined by the Ford F-150 and the Honda Ridgeline. The Toyota Tacoma is the only small pickup winner.

　　Each year the Institute offers to test Top Safety Pick candidates early in the model year. The policy is for manufacturers to reimburse the Institute for the cost of vehicles if the tests aren't part of the group's regular schedule. Top Safety Pick is presented by vehicle size because size and weight are closely related, and both influence how well occupants will be protected in serious crashes. Larger, heavier vehicles generally afford better protection in crashes than smaller, lighter ones.

　　"Just because small cars are Top Safety Picks doesn't make them as crashworthy as larger vehicles," Lund says. "Rather, it's all the more important to choose a small car that rates highly for safety because you give up the protection of size and weight."

　　How vehicles are evaluated: The Institute's frontal crashworthiness evaluations are based on results of 40 mph frontal offset crash tests. Each vehicle's overall evaluation is based on measurements of intrusion into the occupant compartment, injury measures recorded on a Hybrid III dummy in the driver seat, and analysis of slow-motion film to assess how well the restraint system controlled dummy movement during the test.

　　Side evaluations are based on performance in a crash test in which the side of a vehicle is struck by a barrier moving at 31 mph. The barrier represents the front end of a pickup or SUV. Ratings reflect injury measures recorded on two instrumented SID-IIs dummies, assessment of head protection countermeasures, and the vehicle's structural performance during the impact.

　　Rear crash protection is rated according to a two-step procedure. Starting points for the ratings are measurements of head restraint geometry - the height of a restraint and its horizontal distance behind the back of the head of an average-size man. Seat/head restraints with good or acceptable geometry are tested dynamically using a dummy that measures forces on the neck. This test simulates a collision in which a stationary vehicle is struck in the rear at 20 mph. Seats without good or acceptable geometry are rated poor overall because they can't be positioned to protect many people.

　　All 72 Winners of 2009 IIHS Top Safety Performers

　　IIHS 2009 Large Car Top Safety Performers

　　Acura RL

　　Audi A6

　　Cadillac CTS

　　Ford Taurus

　　Lincoln MKS

　　Mercury Sable

　　Toyota Avalon

　　Volvo S80

　　IIHS 2009 Midsize Car Top Safety Performers

　　Acura TL

　　Acura TSX

　　Audi A3

　　Audi A4

　　BMW 3 series 4-door models

　　Ford Fusion with optional electronic stability control

　　Honda Accord 4-door models

　　Mercedes C class

　　Mercury Milan with optional electronic stability control

　　Saab 9-3

　　Subaru Legacy

　　Volkswagen Jetta

　　Volkswagen Passat

　　IIHS 2009 Midsize Convertibles Top Safety Performers

　　Saab 9-3

　　Volkswagen Eos

　　Volvo C70

　　IIHS 2009 Small Cars Top Safety Performers

　　Honda Civic 4-door models (except Si) with optional electronic stability control

　　Mitsubishi Lancer with optional electronic stability control

　　Scion xB

　　Subaru Impreza with optional electronic stability control

　　Toyota Corolla with optional electronic stability control

　　Volkswagen Rabbit

　　IIHS 2009 Mini Car Top Safety Performers

　　Honda Fit with optional electronic stability control

　　IIHS 2009 Minivan Top Safety Performers

　　Honda Honda Odyssey

　　Hyundai Entourage

　　Kia Sedona

　　IIHS 2009 Large SUV Top Safety Performers

　　Audi Q7

　　Buick Enclave

　　Chevrolet Traverse

　　GMC Acadia

　　Saturn Outlook

　　IIHS 2009 Midsize SUV Top Safety Performers

　　Acura MDX

　　Acura RDX

　　BMW X3

　　BMW X5

　　Ford Edge

　　Ford Flex

　　Ford Taurus X

　　Honda Pilot

　　Hyundai Santa Fe

　　Hyundai Veracruz

　　Infiniti EX35

　　Lincoln MKX

　　Mercedes M Class

　　Nissan Murano

　　Saturn VUE

　　Subaru Tribeca

　　Toyota FJ Cruiser

　　Toyota Highlander

　　Volvo XC90

　　IIHS 2009 Small SUV Top Safety Performers

　　Ford Escape

　　Honda CR-V, Element

　　Mazda Tribute

　　Mercury Mariner

　　Mitsubishi Outlander

　　Nissan Rogue

　　Subaru Forester

　　Toyota RAV4

　　Volkswagen Tiguan

　　IIHS 2009 Large Pickups Top Safety Performers

　　Ford F-150

　　Honda Ridgeline

　　Toyota Tundra

　　IIHS 2009 Small Pickups Top Safety Performers

　　Toyota Tacoma

　　ALSO-RANS For 2009 IIHS Top Safety Performers

　　The following 26 vehicles earn good ratings in front and side crash tests. They have ESC, standard or optional. They would be 2009 Top Safety Pick winners if their seat/head restraints also earn good ratings:

　　Chevrolet Malibu

　　Chrysler Sebring

　　Chrysler Sebring Convertible

　　Chrysler Town & Country

　　Dodge Avenger

　　Dodge Grand Caravan

　　Infiniti G35

　　Infiniti M35

　　Kia Amanti

　　Lexus ES

　　Lexus GS

　　Lexus IS

　　Mazda CX-7

　　Mazda CX-9

　　Mitsubishi Eclipse Spyder

　　Mitsubishi Endeavor

　　Nissan Altima

　　Nissan Pathfinder

　　Nissan Quest

　　Nissan Xterra

　　Saturn AURA

　　smart Fortwo

　　Toyota 4Runner

　　Toyota Camry

　　Toyota Prius

　　Toyota Sienna