Sentences with phrase «front car testing»

Some functions such as front car testing of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety are also conducted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).

The front car testing is important in assessing the integrity of the vehicle front during a frontal impact just like the aim of the new car assessment program of NHTSA.

Not exact matches

In this crash, there was a test driver behind the wheel, but neither they nor the car reacted in time to avoid a woman who crossed in front of the car.

Gov. Rick Snyder signed legislation at the Automotive Hall of Fame on Friday allowing for the testing of self - driving cars without a steering wheel, brake pedal, or human in the front seat.

Google's cars have driven over 1.8 million miles with test drivers in the front seat.

The prize for winning the contest is pretty unique and worth drifting for - a test drive in an RX2 car at Silverstone in front of a packed crowd.

Many car seats that passed the standard sled test, failed in actual car tests, as the baby dummy's head hit the front seat causing high injury ratings.

Our Infant and Toddler Head Support has undergone and passed the FMVSS - 213 test utilizing several top selling car seats in both the front facing and rear facing positions.

You'll get answers to questions like whether it's okay to place a car seat near an air bag and when your little one can safely ride in the front seat, along with parent - tested tips to keep kids secure in the car at every age, in all types of seats and situations.

(To test them, see if you can move the car seat more than an inch to either side or toward the front of the car when the belts are buckled tightly.)

Whether your child is in the rear facing or front facing position you can ride easy knowing that they are safely protected by the five point harness system as well as a highly tested car seat.

Tank faces the ultimate test of friendship when his best friend hires him to take his ex-girlfriend out on a lousy date in order to make her realize how At our appointed meeting time in Wyoming, I parked my rental car in front of a red, saloon - style grocery store and cafe that sits across the

Our test car was also equipped with optional Recaro front bucket seats, complete with holes in the seatbacks for racing harnesses.

Our John Cooper Works Grand Prix test car looks great in dark gray paint with red accents, a substantial front apron, chunky red brake calipers, and the «GP» graphics on the side.

My test car also boasted the 3LT preferred equipment group ($ 9,745), which adds a long list of luxuries and conveniences — among them, Napa leather seat inserts, heated and ventilated seats, premium surround - sound audio, a color head - up display, front curb - view cameras, and Chevy's cool performance data and video recorder with navigation, which allows the driver to capture track laps in fascinating detail, then replay it all on the nav screen later.

Associate editor Joe DeMatio summed it up in one word, «lovely,» and road test coordinator Tony Quiroga asked, «Could this be the best shifter in a front - wheel - drive car?»

For our test car's price of $ 24,750, you get a heaping load of luxury features, including a panoramic sunroof, a heated steering wheel, heated and cooled front seats, and heated rear seats.

My front - wheel - drive red test car did indeed look sharp, and a little less like the economy box it is than does the base Toyota Corolla.

An old - school method of testing the shocks is to press down on the front or back of the car and let go.

We recently spied a prototype testing on the Nürburgring with a Ford Focus RS, and Honda is aiming to make the Civic Type R into the fastest front - wheel - drive car around the famed German racetrack.

The car spotted here sports a trapezoidal charging port opening on its driver's - side front fender, and a tell - tale sticker on the driver's door reveals this as a «Hybrid Test Vehicle.»

Came in with my wife and kids spiro had car out front ready for me to look at went on test drive.

At our new home, every test car gets its own curb just steps from the front door.

From either front seat, the system localized sound to the doors worse than any car we tested.

All three cars earned a Good rating in the moderate front overlap and side impact tests.

My test car included the Bang & Olufsen Advanced Sound system ($ 6,300); the Audi Design package ($ 5,500), which includes black leather with Arras - red stitching, carbon - twill inlays, and a piano - black shifter; and such standard niceties as 22 - way power front seats (heated and ventilated, too), a power moonroof, navigation, an Alcantara headliner, and a head - up display.

it has plenty of legroom in the front and it's looks cool.I have tested different types of car but this is my favorite car.

For years I've been coming to Italy to test - drive the latest V - 12 magnum opus from the House of the Prancing Horse, and every time I think, «Wow, how could a front - engine V - 12 sports car possibly get any better?»

Our test car's front seats had exceptional adjustment range, and their memory settings remember the smorgasbord of power adjustments available, including lumbar and side - bolster support — a rarity.

The front seats have wide seat bottoms and, in my test car, the leather surfaces were quite comfortable.

Our test car lacked the tC's front - strut brace, a performance accessory that may flatten cornering even more.

Standard on the Premium test car, however, was a low - speed collision warning system with automatic braking and pedestrian detection, as well as lane departure warning and prevention, front and rear parking sensors and blind spot and rear cross-traffic alerts.

To earn the rating, cars must receive top scores of Good in front, side and rear crashes, as well as pass roof - strength tests that measure rollover protection.

I reserved the car online to take a look at it when they opened up the next day and when I got there Dan had it out front ready to go, after the test... drive the buying process was very smooth and fast will definitely give Dan a call next time I'm looking for a vehicle!

I reserved the car online to take a look at it when they opened up the next day and when I got there Dan had it out front ready to go, after the test

These changes mean that only cars with a front crash prevention score of «Advanced» or «Superior» will be rated TSP +, although all crash test requirements will stay the same.

My AWD Limited test car rang in at $ 44,793, although it was equipped with everything, including all the aforementioned high - tech features, plus navigation, heated front and rear seats, a heated steering wheel, and a panoramic sunroof.

The new small overlap frontal crash test, designed to simulate what would happen when the front corner of a car collides with another vehicle or object, constitutes the front end of the driver's side striking a five - foot tall rigid barrier at 40 mph.

Our test car had the walnut, which made the dash in front of the front passenger look a bit monolithic.

Turbos also have larger front disc brakes, which I can only hope improve on our test car's disappointing setup.

The trouble is, the affordable two - door Wranglers are still not very safe by modern car standards — they come only with front airbags and perform poorly on side - impact tests.

Our test car had a backup camera, powered rear vent windows, Bluetooth, a touch - screen navigation system, heated seats and steering wheel, and parking sensors for both the front and rear bumpers.

The front seats — 20 - way power chairs in my test car — offer equal parts comfort and support.

You can easily test this theory by moving the front tire to the rear position on the same side of the car (same process as rotating the tires).

Our test car was equipped with a $ 1,150 convenience package that added, among other things, keyless start, heated front seats, and lane change and rear cross traffic alerts.

Our test car had bigger wheels than we've experience before on the coupe (optional 20 inch on the front and 21 at the rear) and larger tyres (255/30 and 355/30 respectively).

Bloomberg reported that in most cases, autonomous test cars have both a safety driver and a safety passenger in the front seats, the latter to monitor data on a laptop.

Our first test car, a C300 4Matic, also had the $ 2500 Sport package with a lower ride height, larger, cross-drilled front brakes, stainless - steel pedals, sportier seats, a flat - bottom steering wheel, and special front grille treatment; plus the $ 2700 Premium pack with a few goodies otherwise reserved for the C400; and the $ 2690 Multimedia pack that bundles a backup camera (it's still not standard!)

It practically begs for the optional all - wheel drive as the torquey turbo four on our front - wheel - drive test car was able to easily light up the tires.

The fact that this car has a slightly revised fascia with larger front air intakes, the Continental GT's optional 21 - inch wheels, and reshaped exhaust tips leads us to believe that this car is a test mule for a higher - performance Bentley.