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Forward-collision warning and automated emergency braking are newly standard in the Prius C, making it one of the most affordable ways to get those technologies. The C made a good showing during its crash testing, but it didn’t earn the perfect scores some competitors managed.
Crash Test Results
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the nonprofit, independent Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) evaluate vehicles for crashworthiness in the United States. NHTSA assigns cars an overall rating out of five stars. IIHS uses a different set of tests, grades cars on a scale of Good to Poor, and awards the vehicles that perform best across its tests with Top Safety Pick or Top Safety Pick+ honors, the latter of which requires that the subject’s automated forward-collision-braking system performs well.
Four out of five stars from NHTSA ain’t bad for the Prius C, and it did well in most of its IIHS tests, too. However, unlike competitors that qualified for the IIHS’s Top Safety Pick award, including the Kia Niro and the Toyota Prius, the Prius C did not, earning only an Acceptable (rather than Good) score in the driver’s-side small-overlap front crash test.
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Test Results
2018 Toyota Prius C
Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) Test Results
2018 Toyota Prius C
Airbags, Child Seats, and Spare Tire Location
A spare tire is a rare find in a hybrid, and the Prius C offers one as standard in all of its trims. There isn’t much space for a rear-facing child seat in the back seat, but the Prius C’s LATCH anchors are very easy to reach, thanks to a snap-off flap that can be pulled back to reveal them in all their glory-no digging around in seat cushions required.
Active Safety Features
There’s not much active safety technology available in the Prius C, but all of the technology that can be had is standard, even in the $21,525 base model.
Backup Camera
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