2015 BMW X5 Earns Five-Star Sweep In Federal Crash Tests - The Car Connection
In New Car Assessment Program (NCAP) testing, the 2015 X5 earned five-star results for frontal and side crash, as well as all subcategories, including frontal testing with a smaller female-size test dummy in the passenger seat and the rigorous... This is the first time the federal government has crash-tested the X5 since 2011, when the federal tests were completely revamped. The 2008-2010 BMW X5 achieved five stars overall, and five stars in side driver and passenger tests, albeit with four stars for frontal impact. Although the National Highway Traffic Safaty Administration (NHTSA), which oversees those tests, notes that those previous results aren’t comparable to results from the current (more stringent) tests. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), which is the other major U. S. agency that conducts crash tests, hasn’t yet fully tested the new X5, but it has earned top ‘good’ results in the moderate overlap frontal and side categories—as... Source: www.thecarconnection.com
