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Mitsubishi i Doesn’t Match Competitors in Crash Tests

By Jeff Cobb

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Mitsubishi’s i offers the best economy in the U.S. at the lowest price among electric cars, but numbers pertaining to its crash-worthiness could be seen as somewhat less inspiring.

This news came after the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) crash tested the electric car and gave it four stars out of five for frontal impact, and just three out of five for side impact. Its rollover score was four stars and NHTSA observed that a rear seat crash dummy’s torso was struck by a door panel suggesting risk of lower back injury as well.

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