The wife and I have started our search for a minivan. 3 growing boys are getting tight in our Impala and Subaru Outback.
while watching minivan reviews I stumbled across the IIHS new small overlap tests for minivans. Many of the minivans did pretty bad, the Honda Odyssey, Toyota Sienna and Kia Sedona all passed. The Dodge Grand caravan and Nissan Quest did poor, Nissan being the worst by far.
My question is; how valid do you think these new tests are? All the minivans passed the mid overlap test but this new test focuses the energy outside the main crash structure. While I do think it would suck to get hit at that angle, any car hit outside its crash stricture is going to crunch more.
I was leaning heavily towards the Dodge but after watching these tests it has me second guessing myself!
while watching minivan reviews I stumbled across the IIHS new small overlap tests for minivans. Many of the minivans did pretty bad, the Honda Odyssey, Toyota Sienna and Kia Sedona all passed. The Dodge Grand caravan and Nissan Quest did poor, Nissan being the worst by far.
My question is; how valid do you think these new tests are? All the minivans passed the mid overlap test but this new test focuses the energy outside the main crash structure. While I do think it would suck to get hit at that angle, any car hit outside its crash stricture is going to crunch more.
I was leaning heavily towards the Dodge but after watching these tests it has me second guessing myself!