Sentences with phrase «acceptable rollover rating»
Its good small overlap test performance outweighs its acceptable rollover rating, so the car is a Top Safety Pick +.
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«Coupled with only an «acceptable» rating in roof strength, our concern there is these types of vehicles tend to be involved in a lot of single - vehicle crashes and single - vehicle crashes with rollovers.»
To earn a Top Safety Pick + designation, vehicles must score a good rating in the moderate overlap front, side, rollover, and rear crash tests, in addition to an acceptable or good rating in the newer, more challenging small overlap front test.
The vehicles earned the Top Safety Pick + award because they received good ratings in the Institute's moderate overlap front, side, rollover and rear tests, plus good or acceptable ratings in the new small overlap test.
IIHS rates vehicles good, acceptable, marginal or poor based on performance in high - speed front and side crash tests, a roof strength test for rollover protection, plus evaluations of seats / head restraints for protection against neck injuries in rear impacts.
The Dodge Caliber is rated marginal for side protection, while it is acceptable in the rollover test.
Two other minivans, the Kia Sedona and the Nissan Quest, fall short on rollover protection, with the Sedona receiving the lowest rating of poor and the Quest ranking as acceptable.
In the first Insurance Institute for Highway Safety roof strength tests of midsize SUVs, 6 earn the top rating of good for rollover protection, 1 is acceptable, and 5 others earn the second lowest rating of marginal.
The 2010 Lexus HS 250h, a midsize luxury hybrid, earns a good rating for side impact protection and an acceptable rating for roof strength in rollover crashes.
IIHS rates vehicles good, acceptable, marginal or poor based on performance in a moderate overlap frontal crash, small overlap frontal crash, side impact and rollover, plus evaluations of seat / head restraints for protection against neck injuries in rear impacts.
IIHS rates vehicles good, acceptable, marginal or poor based on performance in a moderate overlap frontal crash, small overlap frontal crash, side impact and rollover, as well as evaluations of seat / head restraints for protection against neck injuries in rear impacts.
Top Safety Pick + awards are handed out only to vehicles which score «good» ratings in moderate overlap front, side, rollover and rear crash tests; and a «good» or «acceptable» rating in the new small overlap test.
The Institute introduced the Plus award in 2012 to recognize models that achieve «good» or «acceptable» performance in the small - overlap test as well as «good» ratings in each of four other criteria — moderate overlap front crash, side impact and rollover tests, plus evaluations of seat / head restraints for protection against neck injuries in rear impacts.
ARLINGTON, Va. — The 2010 Lexus HS 250h, a midsize luxury hybrid, earns a good rating from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety for side impact protection and an acceptable rating for roof strength in rollover crashes.
Nissan also improved occupant protection in rear crashes and rollovers, boosting the Maxima's head restraints and seats rating from marginal to good and its roof strength rating from acceptable to good.
Vehicles on the best choices list must also have a good rating for roof strength to protect in rollover crashes and a good or acceptable rating in the small overlap test, which replicates what happens when the front, driver - side corner of a vehicle strikes another vehicle or an object such as a tree or utility pole.
Because the small overlap crash test is so new, the IIHS only requires cars to score «good» or «acceptable» on it to earn a Top Safety Pick rating — provided they ace all four of the organization's other crash tests (moderate front overlap, side, rollover, and rear).
The IIHS performs side impact and rollover crash tests and rates vehicles as poor, marginal, acceptable, or good based on their performances in these tests.