The second generation MINI Cooper hardtop earned impressive scores for front and side impact and roll-over testing in the latest National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) New Car Assessment Program (NCAP) testing. In the NCAP side impact testing, the 2008 MINI Cooper received a 5-Star rating for front seat occupant side-impact protection - the highest rating issued by NHTSA.

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The previous E-Class W210 introduced in 1996 was refit in 2002, the Mercedez Benz W211 E-Class, improved in construction quality. Their efforts paid off based on the crash tests, the refit model performed well.

According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, new cars and its high-tech safety features have helped lessen auto related deaths over the past 12 years.t the same time, the IIHS could not help mentioning how new car models have been able to score only slightly better than older ones in Crash Test