[2001 ZTS]

naz,Mar 8 2005, 03:29 AM Wrote:how did the 'premium' compact cars like the c-class, a4, is300, 3-series etc do in these tests?  i think pretty much everything would get smoked by a big SUV or pickup in  crash.. especially if those 'brush guard' metal things are fitted to the SUV/truck
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It was a sample test. There was only 15 cars tested. Logically they concentrated on the top 15 best sellers. As noted with the Focus not all variants (body style & doors) were tested.

Only because you are considering buying, the Impreza was not tested though normally it does well. WRX's do have side impact airbags which was the main recommendation of what was discovered as a result of this (1st) round of testing.

Subaru by volume of sales usually ends up in the 2nd tier of testing and the results usually included in Subaru commercials. ;)