We all know about the fuel efficiency and low CO2 emissions of hybrid vehicles. But something every car owner has at the top of the list is vehicle safety ratings. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety is a non-profit, scientific organization that is dedicated to highway safety. They have given the 2004-06 Toyota Prius models an overall good for frontal and side impact for those vehicles that have both front and side (also rear side bags) headbags. However those cars which did not have the side headbags (which comes optional, priced at $650) those models got poor ratings. Our 2006 Mazda3 got a good for frontal safety and poor for side safety. Vehicles are rated as G=Good A=Acceptable M=Marginal P=Poor. Check out the safety ratings of your vehicle here.

Source: http://www.iihs.org

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