IIHS Small Overlap Test - 2014 FRS

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Originally Posted by Jegan_V

The problem I have with that notion is, if the model's age indicates its failure rate then the Subaru Legacy(introduced in 2009) and Volvo S60(2010) should've also failed. They didn't, meaning both Subaru and Volvo were committed to crash safety to the degree that even given an unexpected test their designs held up. To me it seems the others have cut corners, if those automakers cared, then at the very minimum they should get the acceptable rating.

Well that was kinda of my whole point. The FRS/BRZ was so well designed for safety that it did pretty well for a test it wasn't designed for. Also the larger cars faired better due to physics.

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Originally Posted by rs999

The one for the 2015 GTI is scary.

"Scary"? The new GTI (Mk7) got a "good" rating for the IIHS small overlap test. Based on this finding alone, I'd feel safer in the VW than in my Subaru. This being said, I like my car and am delighted to see it earned an "acceptable" rating.

In related matters, I drove a top-of-the-line Golf TDI in Europe for a week this Summer. Superb car -- will be testing the GTI at home this weekend. I expect a different type of fun than the one that can be had with the twins. For a comparison of the two, AutoCar had a nice discussion of the two last year.