By Drew Johnson
Thursday, Aug 16th, 2007 @ 9:38 am

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has just released its most recent side-impact crash-test scores for large sedans. Of the 6 models tested, 3 earned a top score of Good, the Volvo S80 , Kia Amanti and Acura RL . The Volvo S80 also took home the IIHS’ highest honor, Top Safety Pick, for receiving ratings of Good in two other crash tests, frontal and rear.
The lowest rated sedan in the test was the BMW 5 Series. Despite having side airbags, the BMW scored a Marginal, just one spot above the lowest ranking of Poor. The Cadillac STS and Mercedes E Class faired better than the BMW, both earning scores of Acceptable, but were hoping to achieve better scores as both models were recently redesigned to perform better in this crash test.

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