Volvo still safest

[Stephen Henning]

A major consumer magazine compared luxury cars and the Volvo was the
only model with "Good" safety ratings in all tests. The cars were:

Infiniti M35
Mercedes-Benz E320 Bluetec
Mercedes-Benz E350
BMW 535i
Lexus GS 450h
Volvo S80


The safety tests were:

IIHS frontal offset impact
IIHS side impact
IIHS rear impact


The ratings varied from Poor to Marginal to Acceptable to Good.

The Volvo got Good ratings on all 3 tests.
The Infinite got a Poor rating for the IIHS rear impact.
The BMW only got one Good rating and a Marginal for IIHS side impact and
an Acceptable for IIHS rear impact.
The Lexus got 2 Good ratings and a Marginal IIHS rear impact.
The 2 Mercedes-Benz both got 2 Good ratings and an Acceptable for IIHS
side impact.

The Volvo was also the least expensive.