The New Car Assessment Program (NCAP), a consumer information program created by NHTSA, rates vehicles to determine crash and rollover safety. The test ratings are gathered during controlled crash and rollover tests conducted at the NHTSA research facilities. The announcement was released on the NHTSA website www.safercar.gov.

All Scion models meet or exceed the safety requirements of the federal government and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).

The tC comes standard with a total of eight supplemental restraint system (SRS) airbags including driver and front passenger airbags, seat-mounted side airbags, driver and front-passenger knee airbag, and side curtain airbags.

All 2011 tCs come standard with Anti-lock Brakes (ABS) and Electronic Brake-force Distribution (EBD), Brake Assist (BA), Traction Control (TRAC), Vehicle Stability Control (VSC) and Smart Stop Technology (SST).

Additional safety features include a tire pressure monitoring system and newly adopted active front headrests.

The all-new Scion tC, which went on sale in October 2010, has an impressive list of standard features including, 180 horsepower, 6-speed transmission, 18-inch alloy wheels and a 300-watt 8-speaker audio system.

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The Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) features a rear center console with an airbag that deploys between the rear passenger seats. The picture is a little deceiving as this demonstration rig shows a weird upper console which we guess represents a section of the roof. Perhaps Toyota built this into the demonstration rig as a point of reference to show the deployment area, but it gives the impression that the airbag is deploying from the roof.  A closer look at the photo indeed shows the airbag deploying from the upper center backrest area just above the dummy’s right shoulder.

Toyota doesn’t mention which model(s) will receive the new airbag. The press release simply states that the SRS will debut in “a Toyota model to be launched in Japan in the near future.” But one should guess that more airbags are always good and that a center airbag can be effective so that when you’re driving your parents-in-law home after Christmas dinner on a wet, slippery night they don’t cluck their heads together when you end up crashing the car because of their incessant bickering.

Enjoy the unusual pic, yes. Crash test dummies are very creepy, no? Good idea for a horror movie.

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The IIHS announced today 11 additions to its list of “Top Safety Picks,” which now includes 62 new cars, trucks, SUVs, and minivans.

Newly added are the Ford Flex and Honda Pilot crossover SUVs; the Scion xB and the Volkswagen Jetta/Rabbit economy cars; the Lincoln MKS luxury sedan; the Toyota Tacoma pickup; the Volkswagen Eos convertible, the Volkswagen Passat family sedan; and some versions of the Honda Civic and Mitsubishi Lancer economy cars.

Cars that the IIHS judges to be Top Safety Picks have earned the organization’s top rating of “Good” in frontal, side, and rear-end crash tests, and come with electronic stability control, which uses a car’s antilock brakes to prevent skids.

But what’s more interesting than the cars that earned the Top Safety Pick are those that did not. The list of cars that fell short of the IIHS’s requirements includes many luxury-brand vehicles, including BMWs, Mercedes-Benzes, and Volvos, as well as top sellers like the Chevrolet Impala and Toyota Camry.

Don’t count on a high price tag or a strong reputation to provide you with the strongest safety. Read up on the IIHS ratings – and the ratings from NHTSA, the federal agency that rates cars in slightly different crashes on a scale of one to five stars – before expecting that you’re getting the safest car you can.

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• Saturn Astra
• Scion xB
• Hyundai Sonata
• Volkswagen Rabbit 5-door
• Mini Cooper
• Toyota Camry
• Volvo C30
• Dodge Charger
• Honda Accord
• Mazda CX-7 Sport

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