No “Duh?”. The Mini Cooper Countryman is a small-to-midsize SUV.
Not. Small. At. All.
Funny our local 6ABC news only mentioned Chevy Volt earned the top rating.
Wonder why......
But they drive with pride....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=9iKGfo1wmOM
But I'd also bet a Mini Cooper could avoid a crash better than my Toyota Sienna.
I've been driving for 29 years. I've only been in one auto accident, about 27 years ago. I was in my '76 Chevy Monza and hit head-on by a '74 Thunderbird going the opposite direction who hydroplaned into me during a rainstorm. There was nothing left of the car that my passenger and I walked away from. The T-Bird occupants all walked away as well.
Holy Crap!!! Those things are smashed like bugs! The drivers would have been critically injured or killed.
Mass is mass. Even this test won’t tell you how you will survive. You hit a large mass with a small mass at speed..... the small mass will lose, every single time.
Go to their website. In the Small Overlap Crash they have tested ZERO “Large Family” Cars, ZERO Pickups, ZERO “Large SUVs”, ONE Minivan.
They have tested only four “Large Luxury” cars.
Two of the “Midsize Near-Luxury” cars scored “poor”.
Of the nine “Mid-sized SUV’s”, Three scored “Poor”, Three scored “Marginal”, One - “Acceptable and Two - “Good”. 14 models were not tested.
This is a very difficult test to pass. Ever increasing mandated MPG ratings do not make the engineers & manufacturers tasks any easier.
Finally, remember that the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety is a pressure group. The IIHS is to automobiles as Greenpeace is to the environment. The IIHS needs scary test results to keep the money flowing in and to maintain their influence with governments.
Graphic small car crash results ~ Polar bears on ice floes