Toyota is working to improve the strength of its vehicles in
front-end impacts following a number of poor results in a new crash test.
The Toyota Camry, Prius V and RAV4 were all rated ‘poor’ –
the lowest possible rating – in the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s
(IIHS) recently introduced small overlap frontal impact crash test, leaving the
trio trailing behind most of their competitors.
Speaking with industry journal Automotive News, Toyota Motor
Engineering and Manufacturing North America CEO Osamu Nagata confirmed
engineers at the Toyota Technical Centre have been revising vehicle designs
since last year in the pursuit of improved crash performance.