If Volvos are supposed to be the safest cars, why are they often not given top performance marks by the IIHS?
I get that Volvo’s whole image is their safety, but real world data does not back that up entirely
I get that Volvo’s whole image is their safety, but real world data does not back that up entirely
Even updated tests (released post-launch of the car) tend to treat them pretty favorably: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/most-small-suvs-fail-insurance-...
I think of the IIHS as a sort of benchmarking organization - not representative of the real world like any microbenchmark, but also correlated with production performance on some level. They seem to do quite well in their microbenchmarks.