Sentences with phrase «although government crash testing»

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In January, it became only the second minivan to earn the government's five - star (highest) rating in both front and side - impact crash tests, although some tests performed recently by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety were considerably less positive.

A Chrysler Corp. minivan has achieved the best scores ever recorded for a van in the federal government's 13 - year - old crash test program, thanks in part to its driver's side air bag.The scores, recorded from instrumented test dummies aboard a Dodge Caravan run headlong into a concrete wall, also were better than those of most passenger cars.The 35 - mph test provides a basis for comparing vehicles, although critics point out that it indicates little about a vehicle's ability to protect passengers if it is struck in the side or rear.