That's right, the xB received a poor in the side impact crash test from the IIHS. Here is the article:

http://www.autoblog.com/2006/12/19/i...b-not-so-much/

 

Video: http://www.iihs.org/video.aspx?f=releases/pr121906

IIHS Article: http://www.iihs.org/news/rss/pr121906.html

 

im not planning on trying to get crashed so who cares

 

well that........ sucks.

 

i dont care what they say, i have been in 2 accidents with my previous xB, I know how it holds up in the real world, so I'm fine.

I actually just saw this on cnn like no more than 10 min ago

 

wow dude, that sucks big time, maybe toyota will add side airbags to the 2008 xB, watched the video btw, and they didn't show our car.. wtf.

 

Here we go again. If we all drove small cars, there wouldn't be a problem. It becomes a problem when you have to worry about getting T-boned by a freakin' Ford Excursion or Chevy Suburban. As a result, everyone keeps buying big, heavy cars and SUV's just so they feel safe and have a fighting chance. Now we have a nation filled with HUGE gas-guzzling SUV's to drive 3 people to the mall. I could take my xA or my wife's xB over to Europe and have a real fighting chance in any accident. Over here? Yeah, I'm probably gonna die.

 

No one plans to be in an accident..

 

You get what you pay for. Go buy a volvo

 

My wife drives a volvo and I never have to worry about her getting hurt in an accident.

 

EXACTLY.

 

volvo's looks like tC's anyways

 

but give me a Tc over a rebadged ford anyday

 

I agree...but the Volvo name wasnt always Ford until 1999 when Volvo was bought out for $6.5 billion (if my memory doesn't suck) The pre 99 cars are genuine Swedish built and are sturdy like a rock. The only thing you can complain about in the swede volvos is the A/C and the electrical systems, everything else is pretty top notch (oh yeah...and they're ugly haha)

anyways...back to the poor xB that they demolished and the poor crash test dummy who bounced his dome off of the crash barrier

 

This comes as a complete and total shock

 

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16273695/
another article
and BTW I traded my Volvo S60T blech........

 

I also had a good experience in my last xB and how it performed in a crash! My '05 BSP xB was rear ended/clipped at 65/70 on the freeway and it spun 540 degrees. It didn't flip and instead the vehicle stability assist kicked in and held it up (in addition to the traction control). Even with the entire back end and rear passenger area compromised/crushed in...there was no injuries AT ALL...not even whiplash!

...Of course the insurance company chose to repair it at $13,500 in damage rather than total it but I was still able to sell it later without too much of a depreciation on it and it was later Toyota Certified.

 

Why is that? Didn't you check to see if the xB has side airbags? It seems reasonable that a car without them wouldn't fare as well as one with them in side collisions. My xB will certainly do better in a crash than . . . say . . . one of my motorcycles. I try to avoid the crashes . . . .

 

I should have better conveyed my sarcasm with a smiley

 

Oh. Sarcasm. The sarcasm detector in my brain must have been damaged in that car crash . . . .