Do large cars rate poor without side airbags?

According to recent evaluation made by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, large cars do in fact rate poor without side airbags. If you want to purchase a safe vehicle and save money on your auto insurance premiums, one of the many steps is to purchase a safe car. Other steps should include improving your driving habits and avoiding getting tickets, fines, etc... 

Here are the results of side impact testing on large sedans:

• Chevrolet Impala - Good
 
• Toyota Avalon - Good

• Ford Five Hundred - Good

• Mercury Montego - Good

• Buick Lucerne - Acceptable

• Cadillac DTS - Acceptable

• Hyundai Azera - Acceptable

• Chrysler 300 - Marginal

• Dodge Charger - Marginal

• Buick Lacrosse - Marginal

• Pontiac Grand Prix - Marginal

• Ford Five Hundred - Poor

• Mercury Montego - Poor

• Ford Crown Victoria - Poor

• Mercury Grand Marquis - Poor

If you want to purchase a safe vehicle and save your self the money on your auto insurance, then it is highly recommended that you do all of the necessary research to go along with what you want to purchase. Without doing so, you might end up purchasing a car because of its style, which many consumers have done already and are regretting about that decision too.