Apr 04

Safety ratings for the 2008 Smart sedan got mediocre ratings leading to a noted “safety concern” by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The concern was over frontal impact and resisting rollover.
In the five-star rating system, the 2008 Smart sedan got four stars for protecting the driver in a frontal impact. It got three stars for the passenger in frontal impact and three stars for resisting a rollover. In the side-impact test, the car’s door came unlatched — causing the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to footnote the score with a “safety concern.” But the door problem did not subtract from the car’s five-star rating for side impact.
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