<story><title>Tesla Model X Is First SUV to Achieve 5-Star Crash Rating in Every Category</title><url>https://www.tesla.com/blog/tesla-model-x-5-star-safety-rating</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>jamesred</author><text>I know Tesla likes to tout a best in class crash rating. It just isn&amp;#x27;t true for the Model S.&lt;p&gt;The Model S gets a &amp;quot;A&amp;quot; for acceptable on the front small overlap test from the IIHS.  The highest grade is a &amp;quot;G&amp;quot;.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.iihs.org&amp;#x2F;iihs&amp;#x2F;ratings&amp;#x2F;vehicle&amp;#x2F;v&amp;#x2F;tesla&amp;#x2F;model-s-4-door-hatchback&amp;#x2F;2017&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.iihs.org&amp;#x2F;iihs&amp;#x2F;ratings&amp;#x2F;vehicle&amp;#x2F;v&amp;#x2F;tesla&amp;#x2F;model-s-4-d...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>jamesred</author><text>If you compare the images of the Model S on:&lt;p&gt;Small overlap front:
&lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.iihs.org&amp;#x2F;frontend&amp;#x2F;iihs&amp;#x2F;ratings&amp;#x2F;images&amp;#x2F;api-rating-image.ashx?id=4125&amp;amp;width=800&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.iihs.org&amp;#x2F;frontend&amp;#x2F;iihs&amp;#x2F;ratings&amp;#x2F;images&amp;#x2F;api-rating-...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Moderate overlap front:
&lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.iihs.org&amp;#x2F;frontend&amp;#x2F;iihs&amp;#x2F;ratings&amp;#x2F;images&amp;#x2F;api-rating-image.ashx?id=4221&amp;amp;width=800&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.iihs.org&amp;#x2F;frontend&amp;#x2F;iihs&amp;#x2F;ratings&amp;#x2F;images&amp;#x2F;api-rating-...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;You can clearly see a difference where the structural integrity of the door area begins to fail.&lt;p&gt;Compare that to the BMW 5 series in small overlap front:
&lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.iihs.org&amp;#x2F;frontend&amp;#x2F;iihs&amp;#x2F;ratings&amp;#x2F;images&amp;#x2F;api-rating-image.ashx?id=4344&amp;amp;width=800&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.iihs.org&amp;#x2F;frontend&amp;#x2F;iihs&amp;#x2F;ratings&amp;#x2F;images&amp;#x2F;api-rating-...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;There doesn&amp;#x27;t appear to be any structural damage to the door area.</text></comment>
<story><title>Tesla Model X Is First SUV to Achieve 5-Star Crash Rating in Every Category</title><url>https://www.tesla.com/blog/tesla-model-x-5-star-safety-rating</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>jamesred</author><text>I know Tesla likes to tout a best in class crash rating. It just isn&amp;#x27;t true for the Model S.&lt;p&gt;The Model S gets a &amp;quot;A&amp;quot; for acceptable on the front small overlap test from the IIHS.  The highest grade is a &amp;quot;G&amp;quot;.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.iihs.org&amp;#x2F;iihs&amp;#x2F;ratings&amp;#x2F;vehicle&amp;#x2F;v&amp;#x2F;tesla&amp;#x2F;model-s-4-door-hatchback&amp;#x2F;2017&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.iihs.org&amp;#x2F;iihs&amp;#x2F;ratings&amp;#x2F;vehicle&amp;#x2F;v&amp;#x2F;tesla&amp;#x2F;model-s-4-d...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>Cookingboy</author><text>Tesla optimizes for NHTSA testing, which doesn&amp;#x27;t test a lot of very high end vehicles.&lt;p&gt;Tesla fares more poorly in the more difficult IIHS and EuroCAP tests, which actually test high end vehicles frequently.&lt;p&gt;But nothing stops Elon from bragging about how this makes the Model X the safest car blah blah.</text></comment>