Volvo is also really safe car in elk collisions which is a really good thing up here where we have way too many elks. Maybe it's one of the reasons Volvo sells quite well here in Finland.

LOL, talk about fair competition.

The articles only concerns convertibles. Volvo has also had carsh which have performed poorly in crash tests.

Yes, i know the article is about convertibles, and of course Volvo had cars with poor performance in crash tests. Noone is perfect.

The point is that we all praise the german cars, including me, and say that they are as safe as a volvo, but here we see that when it comes to convertibles both BMW and Audi (?) did poor in the tests, while Volvo just Succeded. It's a fact. Simple as that.

Any word about MB's convertibles?

IIHS has a lot of clout in America. It's obvious that American consumers put safety on the top of their car buying lists... So in essence this could be potentially bad for BMW. Interesting to see what they may do about this. Bad publicity could be detrimental for a "safe" brand like BMW. Same goes for Volvo, or Mercedes-Benz and the like.

I wouldn't discredit the Bimmer too much though... It's still a great looking car. At least with the top down. Convertibles aren't my forte though. Even in beautiful California weather. Coupes for me please!

I saw this article on TV about a week ago. The Saab and Volvo scored higher!
The test were done by the IFHS as usual.

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Why am I not surprised, everyone knows that you buy a Volvo/Saab for safety and a BMW for the driving experience ;P