Sentences with phrase «good rollover rating»
A good rollover rating requires a roof crush of no more than 5 inches when subjected to four times the vehicle's weight.
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Safety, Reliability & Mileage Acadias built after January 2011 are Insurance Institute for Highway Safety Top Safety Picks, meaning they scored the institute's highest rating «Good» in all four crash tests the institute performs: front, side, rollover and rear, and have standard electronic stability systems.
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.
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 IIHS annually recognizes vehicles that do the best job of protecting people in front, side, rollover and rear crashes based on good rating in a series of tests conducted by the Institute.
The vehicle received five star ratings for how well it performed in the front, side and rollover crashes.
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 Corolla currently qualifies for the 2013 Top Safety Pick award, without the +, for good ratings in the Institute's four other tests — moderate overlap front, side, rollover and rear.
«Now it's rare for any vehicle to earn less than a good rating in front, side, or rear tests, and automakers are working on rollover protection.»
The 6 handles very well and even got the perfect 5 - star rollover resistance rating from the NHTSA.
It worked: the Cruze received the highest possible «Good» ratings in front, side, rear and rollover crash protection tests by the U.S. Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.
The Institute's Top Safety Pick award recognizes passenger vehicles that do the best job of protecting people in front, side, rollover and rear crashes based on ratings in Institute evaluations.
Top Safety Pick recognizes vehicles that earn good ratings in four Institute crash tests: moderate overlap front, side, rollover and rear.
The EXT scores a full five - star safety rating for frontal and side impact, as well as a four - star rating for rollover safety.
Its good small overlap test performance outweighs its acceptable rollover rating, so the car is a Top Safety Pick +.
The Honda Civic Coupe has yet to be rated by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, but the closely related Honda Civic Sedan achieved the best possible 5 - Star Overall * rating, with perfect 5 - star * ratings in front, side, and rollover tests.
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.
To qualify for Top Safety Pick, vehicles must have good ratings for occupant protection in the moderate overlap frontal test, side impact, rollover and rear tests, regardless of their small overlap rating.
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.
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After earning a good rating for rollover protection, the 2010 Mitsubishi Lancer earns the Institute's Top Safety Pick award.
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.
This type of vehicles have higher rollover rates, especially with a heavy load, so good tires as well as the proper tire pressure are very important.
Top Safety Pick recognizes vehicles that do the best job of protecting people in front, side, rollover and rear crashes based on good ratings in Institute tests.
The ratings are based on how well they protect passengers in front and side crash tests, in rollovers via a roof strength test, and in simulated rear impacts to evaluate seat and head restraints for protection against neck injuries.
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.
The car's front and rear have been designed to crumple on impact, and the car has achieved five - star ratings for both the driver and passenger on frontal impact as well as four stars on side impact and rollover protection.
More important, in the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration rollover ratings for SUVs, with one star the worst and five stars the best, Aztek scored a four, the highest among its rivals.
The 2013 RAV4 earned «good» ratings in the IIHS's other tests (moderate overlap, side collision, rollover and rear collision).
«Top Safety Pick» is the second highest award after the «Top Safety Pick +», and to bring home this award, the vehicles need to score good ratings in the moderate overlap front, side, rollover and rear tests, regardless of their rating in the all - new Small Overlap Frontal Crash test.
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.
To receive TSP, vehicles have to earn good ratings in the moderate overlap front, side, rollover and rear tests, regardless of their rating in the small overlap front test.
Azera meets the Top Safety Pick rating criteria by earning good ratings in a front and side crash test, rear impact test assessing whiplash protection and a roof strength test to measure occupant protection in rollover crashes.
When the RC lineup debuted last year it earned the top rating of «Good» from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety in its small - overlap and moderate - overlap frontal - impact tests; it also scored the top rating of «Good» in side - impact, rollover performance and whiplash protection from its front seats.
IIHS continues to award Top Safety Pick to vehicles with good ratings in the moderate overlap front, side, rollover and rear tests.
The Institute is releasing its first roof strength ratings to help consumers choose vehicles that offer the best protection in rollover crashes.
IIHS continues to award Top Safety Pick (without the «plus») to vehicles with good ratings in the moderate overlap front, side, rollover and rear tests, regardless of their small overlap ratings.
Just like the previous generation of the small SUV, the Forester earned good ratings in the moderate overlap front, side, rollover and rear tests.
All six garnered a Top Safety Pick rating (without the Plus), however, because they earned a «good score» in front, side, rollover and rear impact tests.
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.
«Many SUVs didn't earn good ratings in our crash tests, and on the road they were more likely than cars to get in serious single - vehicle crashes, including rollovers, because of their higher centers of gravity.
It also received a best possible 5 - star rating * in individual tests, including the Frontal Crash test, Side Crash test, and Rollover safety test.
Those considered «best choices» for under $ 20,000 also have good ratings for side crash protection, good head restraints and seats for rear crash protection, and good roof strength to protect occupants in rollover crashes.
Top Safety Pick recognizes vehicles that do the best job of protecting people in front, side, rear, and now rollover crashes based on good ratings in Institute tests.
The 2017 Jeep Compass scored «good» ratings in tests that simulate a side impact with a large SUV or pickup truck, a moderate - offset frontal impact, a small - offset frontal impact, roof - deformation consistent with a rollover and a rear collision capable of inducing whiplash.
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).