Sentences with phrase «rear crash protection ratings»

And, yesterday, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), announced that the 2006 Rabbit four - door received the Top Safety Pick, Silver award, based on the Institute's frontal offset, side impact, and rear crash protection ratings.

Not exact matches

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.

Safety The 2012 A6 received a 2012 Top Safety Pick designation from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, reflecting Good overall ratings in the frontal - offset and side - impact crash tests, roof - strength test, and rear - impact neck - protection evaluation.

Safety & Reliability The C70 scores the highest rating, Good, in the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's frontal offset and side - impact crash tests, as well as for rear - crash protection.

Rear crash protection was rated as «good».

In addition to the top rating for frontal protection, the 2008 Jeep Patriot equipped with available front torso airbags also was rated «Good» for side impact protection and «Acceptable» for rear crash protection.

Safety ratings on the 2012 Chevy Colorado are mixed, with a top level «Good» rating from the International Institute of Highway Safety on frontal offset crash testing, but a «Marginal» rating on rear crash protection.

The IIHS rated the Sentra an» «acceptable»» for frontal off - set crash test, a» «poor»» for side impact, and a» «poor»» for rear crash protection and head restraint.

«Other minivans have earned good front and side ratings, but they haven't achieved a satisfactory level of rear crash protection.

The Saab and Volvo earn the top rating of good for protection in front, side, and rear crashes, and both models include standard electronic stability control (ESC), which research shows can help drivers avoid crashes.

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 seat / head restraints in the Optima are the only ones the Institute tested this time around that earn the top rating of good for occupant protection in rear crashes.

The other 8 models are rated marginal or poor for rear crash protection.

Fords are only models to earn top rating; most seat / head restraints provide inadequate protection against neck injuries in rear crashes

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has been rated «Good», the highest possible rating, for side impact and rear crash protection.

Although the overall side crash protection still would have been rated good, with low risk of injuries to both driver and rear passenger dummies, Nissan engineers were concerned about the interference with the deployment of the side curtain airbag.

What's more, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety recognized the model with its highest rating of «Good» in the roof - strength, side - impact and moderate - overlap frontal - offset crash evaluations while the model's seat / head restraint design was recognized with a «Good» rating for whiplash protection in the event of rear impacts.

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.

IIHS rates vehicles in a moderate overlap front crash, small overlap front crash, side impact and rollover test, and evaluates seat / head restraints for protection against neck injuries in rear impact collisions.

Of its four tests, the frontal offset test, side impact test, roof strength test and rear crash protection / head restraint test, the Suzuki Equator scored a highest possible grade of «Good» on three, with a second highest possible rating of «Acceptable» on the rear crash protection test.

Top Safety Pick recognizes the vehicles that earn the highest ratings for front, side, rollover, and rear crash protection, and that have electronic stability control, which is standard on the 5 series.

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.

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.

Instead, rear crash protection is rated acceptable, marginal, or poor (Honda reports that the seat / head restraints in the only Civic model with electronic stability control wouldn't be rated good).

With a new Active Head Restraint System for front seat passengers, the 2009 RL is anticipated to receive a GOOD rating in IIHS rear crash protection evaluation.

Rear crash protection is rated according to head restraint height and horizontal distance behind the head of an average - size man plus performance in a dynamic test that measures forces on the neck during a rear impRear crash protection is rated according to head restraint height and horizontal distance behind the head of an average - size man plus performance in a dynamic test that measures forces on the neck during a rear imprear impact.

The IIHS rates vehicles on performance in front and side crash tests, a roof strength test, and evaluations of seat / head restraints for protection against neck injuries in rear impacts.

The 2012 Toyota Prius c scored a highest grade (Good) on Frontal offset test results, Side impact test results, Roof strength test results and Rear crash protection / head restraint ratings.

The seat / head restraints in all but three of the cars in this group also have been rated for rear crash protection.

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.

The Institute also named an additional 26 vehicles that earned good ratings in the front and side crash tests and offered electronic stability control as standard or optional, but fell short in rear crash protection.

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.

But rear crash protection is rated acceptable, marginal, or poor.

This car earns the second - lowest rating of marginal for rear crash protection.

The Edge also earns a good rating for rear crash protection, so it wins the Institute's 2007 Top Safety Pick award.

The Fusion without optional side airbags is rated poor for side crash protection, and it earned a marginal rating for rear crash protection.

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.

The Institute rates vehicles good, acceptable, marginal, or poor based on performance in high - speed front and side crash tests plus evaluations of seat / head restraints for protection against neck injuries in rear impacts.

It earned a poor rating in the side test and a marginal rating for rear crash protection.

Seat / head restraint designs in 22 current car models are rated good for rear crash protection, but those in 53 other cars are rated marginal or poor.

Only two also earn good ratings for protection in side crashes, and just one gets a good rating for rear protection.

Rear crash protection is rated according to a 2 - step procedure.

Only the Ford Freestar and its twin Mercury Monterey earn good overall ratings for rear crash protection.

Those that do don't have seat / head restraints rated good for rear crash protection.

Rear crash protection results vary more widely, and only one had a good rating.

Only six of the seat / head restraint combinations in 44 current model SUVs are rated good for protection against whiplash injuries in rear - end 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.

These ratings do not apply to 2010 Elantra models manufactured after November 2009, because of design changes made to the side airbags and body side and rear door structure to improve occupant protection in side impact crashes.

Each year the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) rates cars based on their performance in high - speed front and side crash tests, a rollover test, plus evaluations of seat / head restraints for protection against neck injuries in rear impacts.