2012 Acura TL Review

The Insurance coverage Institute for highway security (IIHS) has been bettering car security requirements since they’ve first started their frontal offset crash exams in 1998. The newest check performed by the IIHS is the small overlap frontal crash test. This check consists of having the car crash 25% of its front finish into a 5-foot tall rigid barrier whereas touring at forty MPH. Based mostly on a 2009 IIHS examine, it reveals that small overlap crashes contributed to approximately 25% of all entrance side crashes that lead to a fatality or critical injury.

In response to the IIHS’s president, Adrian Lund, the IIHS believes that the small overlap frontal crash check is the stepping stone for future improvements in frontal crash protection. Out of the 11 2012 vehicles tested, solely two obtained an excellent rating. The 2012 Acura TL was one of solely two vehicles to obtain the very best score attainable on the small overlap frontal crash test. Like all present Acura models, the TL utilizes the Acura Superior Functionality Engineering (ACE ™) body construction, which has a strengthened front body, and comes standard with aspect curtain air luggage, which performed an important function in defending its occupants.

VP of Acura’s Corporate Planning & Logistics, Artwork StCyr, comments that “from these check, Acura reveals management in areas that are most valued by our consumers.” Acura plans to incorporate the second technology of their ACE ™ body construction to all future Acura fashions, permitting them to achieve a GOOD rating for IIHS’s new frontal small overlap test.