When the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s “SORB,” the Small Overlap Rigid Barrier test, launched in 2012, many automakers were caught flat-footed, with vehicles that had been Top Safety Picks ...
Jeep modified the four-door Wrangler to reduce the likelihood of tipping in certain frontal crashes. Wrangler has repeatedly tipped during Insurance Institute for Highway Safety tests in recent years.
Out of the 11 new minicars examined by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, 10 failed the trade group’s challenging new small overlap front test, a very common crash in real-world driving. Only ...