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Toyota Sienna and Honda Odyssey Minivans Score Best on 2005 Crash Tests, Receive IIHS "Best Pick Frontal" Designation; GM's Chevrolet Astro, GMC Safari, Pontiac TransSport / Montana, and Chevrolet Venture Score Worst
By James B. Bleeker
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, a research group funded by the U.S. automotive insurance industry, awarded Toyota Motor Corporation's 2004-2005 Sienna minivan scores of Good, its highest grade, in all of its 2005 Frontal Offset Crash Test categories - Structure / Safety Cage, Chest Injury Measure, Head and Neck Injury Measure, Left and Right Leg and Foot Injury Measures, and Restraints / Dummy Kinematics. For this, the 2004-2005 Toyota Sienna was awarded the designation IIHS Best Pick Frontal.
Also, the 2004-2005 Toyota Sienna minivan was awarded a Good in the "Other Evaluations" category of Head Restraint Geometry of Tested Vehicle.
Honda Motor Company's 2005 Odyssey minivan also was awarded scores of Good in all categories of the Frontal Offset Crash Test and was similarly designated an IIHS Best Pick Frontal. However, its grade in the "Other Evaluations" category of Head Restraint Geometry of Tested Vehicle was one grade lower, an Acceptable.
The 2004-2005 Ford Freestar and Mercury Monterey received a grade of Good in all categories and subcategories of IIHS' Frontal Offset Crash Test, except the category Head and Neck Injury Measure, for which it earned an Acceptable. They too received the designation IIHS Best Pick Frontal.
At the opposite end of the spectrum were the 1996-2005 Chevrolet Astro and GMC Safari and the 1997-2005 Pontiac TransSport / Montana, and Chevrolet Venture, which attained an overall grade of Poor, IIHS' worst.
The following table provides a comparison of these eight models.
IIHS 2005 Frontal Offset Crash Test Scores and Reliability Percentrank Averages and Grades for the Toyota Sienna, the Honda Odyssey, and Several Other Minivans Sold in the United States Model Frontal Offset Crash Test Scores Consumer Reports Short-Term Predicted Reliability 1996-2000 Reliability Percentrank Average 1996-2000 Reliability Grade - High Standards Toyota Sienna Good Second Highest .80 C+ Honda Odyssey Good Second Highest .87 B Ford Freestar Good Average N/A N/A1 Mercury Monterey Good Average N/A N/A1 Chevrolet Astro Poor Omitted2 .04 F GMC Safari Poor Omitted2 .05 F Pontiac TransSport / Montana Poor Omitted2 .09 (ext) F Chevrolet Venture Poor Omitted2 .22 (ext) and .14 (reg) F 1 The Ford Freestar and Mercury Monterey are too new to have a Reliability Percentrank average; however, a Consumer Reports short-term predicted reliability of Average usually corresponds, as the vehicle ages, to a Reliability Grade of F. 2 These models are omitted from the April 2005 issue of Consumer Reports.
Source for crash test data: "Passenger Vans: Frontal Offset Crashworthiness Evaluations, Current Models," at http://www.iihs.org/vehicle_ratings/ce/html/summaries/vans_front_c.htm
Source for Consumer Reports short-term predicted reliabilities: "Vehicle Profiles: A User's Guide," Consumer Reports, April 2005, pp. 40-78
Source for 1996-2000 Reliability Percentrank averages: Table I-MVRP
Source for 1996-2000 Reliability Grades - High Standards: Table I-MVRGH
Addendum, dated April 22, 2005
The Chevrolet Astro, GMC Safari, Pontiac TransSport/Montana, and Chevrolet Venture are omitted from the "Vehicle Profiles: A User's Guide," pp. 40-78, section of the April 2005 issue of Consumer Reports; however, their short-term predicted reliabilities may be found in the "Reliability Scores: New & Used Cars," pp. 82-93, section of the April 2005 issue of Consumer Reports. With the short-term predicted reliabilities offered by the tables in this section, the above table becomes:
IIHS 2005 Frontal Offset Crash Test Scores and Reliability Percentrank Averages and Grades for the Toyota Sienna, the Honda Odyssey, and Several Other Minivans Sold in the United States Model Frontal Offset Crash Test Scores Consumer Reports Short-Term Predicted Reliability 1996-2000 Reliability Percentrank Average 1996-2000 Reliability Grade - High Standards Toyota Sienna Good Second Highest .80 C+ Honda Odyssey Good Second Highest .87 B Ford Freestar Good Average N/A N/A1 Mercury Monterey Good Average N/A N/A1 Chevrolet Astro Poor Lowest .04 F GMC Safari Poor Lowest .05 F Pontiac TransSport / Montana Poor Average (ext) .09 (ext) F (ext) Chevrolet Venture Poor Average (ext, 2wd) .22 (ext) and .14 (reg) F (ext) and (reg) 1 The Ford Freestar and Mercury Monterey are too new to have a Reliability Percentrank average; however, a Consumer Reports short-term predicted reliability of Average usually corresponds, as the vehicle ages, to a Reliability Grade of F. 2 These models are omitted from the April 2005 issue of Consumer Reports.
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