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An insurance group is again raising concerns about vehicle bumpers - those of minivans this time - contending that weak federal standards permit automakers to build cars that suffer thousands of dollars in collision damage even in impacts at walking speed. The industry-funded research group, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, based in Arlington, Va., says the worst performer among six 2008 minivans it recently subjected to four low-speed crash tests was the Nissan Quest, with resulting damage that would have cost more than $8,000 to repair. "It's damage that consumers shouldn't have to pay for, or put up with the aggravation of having to get their vehicles repaired," institute senior vice president Joe Nolan said in a statement.
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