Sentences with phrase «in crashworthiness evaluation»

This time, models must earn the highest safety score in every crashworthiness evaluation, including small overlap front, moderate overlap front, head restraints and seats, side, and roof strength.

Side tests were added in 2003 and rear tests in 2004 (see «New 1996 Taurus tops competition in crashworthiness evaluation,» Dec. 2, 1995, Status Report special issue: side impact crashworthiness, June 28, 2003, and Status Report special issue: protection against neck injury in rear crashes, Nov. 20, 2004).

It has yet to be tested by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) for the 2018 model year, though the 2017 model received the highest possible score of «good» in all crashworthiness evaluations other than the difficult small overlap front test.

Not exact matches

Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall conduct a comprehensive analysis on the need for crashworthiness standards on property - carrying commercial motor vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating or gross vehicle weight of at least 26,001 pounds involved in interstate commerce, including an evaluation of the need for roof strength, pillar strength, air bags, and frontal and back wall standards.

Within those groups, vehicles are listed in order of their ratings (good, acceptable, marginal or poor in the Institute's crashworthiness evaluations and headlight evaluations and superior, advanced, basic or not available for front crash prevention).

Like the outgoing model, the new Pilot has good ratings in IIH's four other crashworthiness evaluations — moderate overlap front, side, roof strength and head restraints.

The three factors evaluated in the Institute's side impact test — driver and passenger injury measures, head protection, and structural performance — determine each vehicle's overall side crashworthiness evaluation.

Like earlier models, the 2017 Sedona earns good ratings across the board in IIHS crashworthiness evaluations.

The Subaru Forester is the only one of the 12 small SUVs to earn a good rating in not only the side impact crashworthiness evaluation but also the Institute's frontal offset crash test.

The F - 150 crew cab, which Ford calls the SuperCrew, earns good ratings for occupant protection in all five IIHS crashworthiness evaluations — small overlap front, moderate overlap front, side, roof strength and head restraint evaluations.

The Chevrolet Spark's acceptable rating in the test, along with good ratings in the Institute's four other crashworthiness evaluations, earns the new minicar a 2014 Top Safety Pick award.

To qualify for Top Safety Pick or Top Safety Pick +, a vehicle must earn good ratings in all five crashworthiness evaluations — small overlap front, moderate overlap front, side, roof strength and head restraints.

ARLINGTON, Va. — The 2014 Subaru Impreza and its near - twin, the Subaru XV Crosstrek, earn the IIHS Top Safety Pick + award for good performance in each of the Institute's crashworthiness evaluations, including the small overlap front test.

Additionally, for 2014 the Top Safety Pick must rate «acceptable» or better in the IIHS» new small - overlap front crashworthiness evaluation.

In its crashworthiness program, the Institute rates vehicles good, acceptable, marginal or poor based on performance in moderate overlap front, small overlap front, side, roof strength and head restraint evaluationIn its crashworthiness program, the Institute rates vehicles good, acceptable, marginal or poor based on performance in moderate overlap front, small overlap front, side, roof strength and head restraint evaluationin moderate overlap front, small overlap front, side, roof strength and head restraint evaluations.

It earns good ratings across the board in the IIHS's tough evaluations of crashworthiness and collision avoidance.

Much of the improved outlook is due to the success of consumer information testing like the New Car Assessment Program begun by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) in 1978 and crashworthiness evaluations the Institute started in 1995.

The all - new 2017 Audi A4 has been named an Insurance Institute for Highway Safety 2016 Top Safety Pick +, earning «good» ratings in all five IIHS crashworthiness evaluations and a «superior»...

With good ratings in the Institute's four other crashworthiness evaluations, the Soul qualifies for the IIHS TOP SAFETY PICK award.

The new WRX held up in the challenging small overlap test and earned good ratings in each of the other four crashworthiness evaluations.

The Model S, a large luxury sedan, earns good ratings in all IIHS crashworthiness evaluations except the challenging small overlap front crash test, in which it earns an acceptable rating.

Four out of eight small pickup trucks tested by IIHS earn good ratings for occupant protection in all five IIHS crashworthiness evaluations, but the lack of an automatic emergency braking system and poor - rated headlights mean these pickups don't qualify for either of the Institute's safety awards.

The Volkswagen Golf and its twin, the Volkswagen GTI, earn the Top Safety Pick + award for good performance in the Institute's crashworthiness evaluations and available front crash prevention.

IIHS evaluated 2016 models of the Chevrolet Camaro, Dodge Challenger and Ford Mustang in the full battery of crashworthiness evaluations.

In the newest and toughest IIHS crashworthiness evaluation, the small overlap front test, the Camaro earns a good rating, the Mustang earns acceptable, and the Challenger is rated marginal.

ARLINGTON, Va. — Crashworthiness evaluations for seven new or redesigned midsize car models reflect performance in the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's front, side, and rear impact tests.

The designation goes to models that achieve a good or acceptable rating in the challenging small overlap front test — introduced in 2012 — and a good rating in each of the Institute's four other crashworthiness evaluations — moderate overlap front, side, roof strength and head restraints.

ARLINGTON, Va. — The 2014 Volvo XC90, a midsize luxury SUV, earns the IIHS Top Safety Pick + award for good performance in each of the Institute's crashworthiness evaluations, including the small overlap front test.