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Another thing: this whole small overlap hullabaloo gives me deja vu. Back in the late 90's the IIHS came out with the moderate overlap test that is to this day much more demanding than the goverment test. Cars of the day performed poorly; manufacturers said the tests were not representative of...

The test is only not fair in the sense that heavier cars are safer in multiple vehicle accidents and the test does not account for that. When crashing into a fixed object only the size and strength of the car matters, not the weight. However, when one car hits another the weight is very...

I agree, the cars that glance off the pole may be cheating the test. But there are a few that take the full impact and perform flawlessly, like the Forester:

Fast forward to 56 seconds to see the carnage: This is a tough test that few cars fare well on, but this is pretty bad.....