Sentences with phrase «for rollover protection»

To earn a good rating for rollover protection, the roof must withstand a force of 4 times the vehicle's weight before reaching 5 inches of crush.

A four star rating is given for rollover protection.

All of these airbags were expected to be modified to improve coverage of the side window area because of a new government safety standard for rollover protection.

The safety agency awarded the 2012 Camry four stars for frontal - impact protection, five stars for side impacts, and four stars for rollover protection.

The Nissan Frontier has the strongest roof and the Chevrolet Colorado the weakest among five 2010 small pickup trucks recently evaluated for rollover protection.

But today's vehicles require more structure between the exterior sheetmetal and interior headliner for rollover protection, especially in models with long rooflines, and so only taller vehicles can provide the floor - to - headliner space for adequate third - row headroom.

Two rollbars integrating the cockpit headrests were used not only for structural integrity, but also for rollover protection.

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 2012 Chrysler Town & Country, Dodge Grand Caravan, and Volkswagen Routan — which all share a common structure — join the Honda Odyssey and Toyota Sienna in the Top Safety Pick ranks following new evaluations for rollover protection.

Sure, they did just fine in NHTSA's physical testing, with a 4 - star ranking for rollover protection and 5 stars for overall safety, frontal - crash protection and side - crash protection, but they also tout a long list of standard and available safety enhancers such as:

According to NHTSA, the Dart's 5 - Star Overall Safety Rating included 5 - star scores for both frontal - and side - crash performance, as well as a 4 - star grade for rollover protection, and those results are complemented by a Top Safety Pick ranking from the IIHS.

The Nissan Frontier has the strongest roof and the Chevrolet Colorado the weakest among 5 small pickup trucks, all 2010 models, that recently were tested by IIHS for rollover protection.

«Inside IIHS: Measuring roof strength» provides a close - up view of the roof crush machine and explains how it is used to evaluate vehicles for rollover protection.

After earning a good rating for rollover protection, the 2010 Mitsubishi Lancer earns the Institute's Top Safety Pick award.

The NHTSA hasn't conducted crash tests with the Denali yet, but similar models have scored just like the Escalade — five stars for frontal crashes (the best), but only three stars for rollover protection.

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.

In addition to earning good ratings for rollover protection, the Equinox, Grand Cherokee, Highlander, Sorento, and Venza also earn the Institute's Top Safety Pick award.

This sedan would be perfect for a daily commute, or wherever you need it to go!The NHTSA awards this Elantra five stars for driver and passenger protection and four stars for rollover protection.

Frontal crash - test ratings from the NHTSA are five stars for both the driver and passenger, but the AWD Escalade gets only three stars for rollover protection.

In government crash tests, the Mazda 6 earned five out of five stars overall, with five stars for frontal and side impact protection and four stars for rollover protection.

Each received the top 5 - star safety rating for front and side crash protection in the agency's New Car Assessment Program and 4 stars for rollover protection.