Sentences with phrase «front autobrake»
Automakers have voluntarily committed to make front autobrake standard on nearly all new models sold by 2022.
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This includes the City Safety suite with front collision warning and full autobrake in the event of an impending crash.
The addition of autobrake boosts the minivan's front crash prevention rating from basic to superior.
In just two rounds of tests, automakers have shown a strong commitment to improving systems in order to maximize the safety benefits (see «Quick work: Better autobrake helps more models earn top ratings for front crash prevention,» May 29, 2014).
Under the IIHS ratings program, a front crash prevention system with autobrake is one of the criteria required to earn a Top Safety Pick + award.
Twenty - seven percent of 2015 models offer a front crash prevention system with autobrake, more than twice as many as in the 2012 model year.
This is the third year the Institute has released ratings for front crash prevention systems (see «Quick work: Better autobrake helps more models earn top ratings for front crash prevention,» May 29, 2014, and «First crash avoidance ratings under new test program: 7 midsize vehicles earn top marks,» Sept. 27, 2013).
The Institute rates vehicles as basic, advanced or superior for front crash prevention depending on whether they offer autobrake and, if so, how effective it is in tests at 12 and 25 mph.
The Institute rates models with optional or standard front crash prevention systems as superior, advanced or basic depending on whether they offer autonomous braking, or autobrake, and, if so, how effective it is in tests at 12 and 25 mph.
The front crash prevention features of the Top Safety Pick + winners run the gamut from basic warning systems, such as those offered on the Ford Fusion, Lincoln MKZ and Honda's four winners, to Subaru's EyeSight warning and autobrake system.
Other autobrake systems can slow down or completely stop the car to avoid some front - to - rear crashes if its driver doesn't brake or steer out of the way in response to a warning.
The ratings are based on research by HLDI indicating that forward collision warning and autobrake systems help drivers avoid front - to - rear crashes at both low speeds and moderate speeds.
The GTI recieved an advanced rating in front crash prevention thanks to its low - speed autobrake and forward collision warning technology.
Cicchino's previous studies found that front crash prevention with autobrake cuts the rate of front - to - rear crashes in half and that rearview cameras can prevent about 1 in 6 backing crashes.
The Legacy and Outback earn superior ratings for front crash prevention when equipped with EyeSight, their optional forward collision warning system with autobrake.
For both awards, models must earn good ratings in the small overlap front, moderate overlap front, side, roof strength and head restraint tests, as well as an advanced or superior rating for front crash prevention with standard or optional autobrake.
The Q70's optional front crash prevention system earns a superior rating in IIHS tests, but the headlights packaged with the autobrake option only earn marginal.
The Institute rates vehicles as basic, advanced or superior for front crash prevention depending on whether they offer autobrake and, if so, how effective it is in the tests at 12 and 25 mph.
Autobrake for front crash prevention has been found to be more effective at preventing or mitigating frontal crashes than warning systems alone.
The Scion iA is rated good in the small overlap front test and is the first low - priced model with standard autobrake.