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VW Jetta tops crash test score - 26/04/2005 The 2005 Volkswagen Jetta has received the best ever rating in a side-impact crash test. The tests, carried out by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, awarded the Jetta its top rating of "good" in every individual measurement category. No other vehicle has ever achieved this rating in all three categories of injury measures, head protection, and structural design. The Institute's president Brian O'Neill said the results "show you don't have to spend a lot of money to get a vehicle that offers good protection in front and side crashes". He added: "We want more manufacturers to do what Volkswagen has done and make side airbags with head protection standard in all of their vehicles." The side-impact crash test simulates what might happen if an SUV or pickup hits a car from the side at the height of an occupant's head. The Toyota Camry came second in the tests, while the Honda Accord finished in third. In the frontal offset crash test, the Jetta received another "good" rating, but was not one of the IIHS's "best picks". VW spokesman Chris Buhlmann said: "The Jetta is a new benchmark in the midsize class safety in our point of view."
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