VUE crash test result

Reuters
Three SUVs get top marks in U.S. crash tests
Wednesday May 5, 6:04 pm ET


DETROIT, May 5 (Reuters) - Only three 2004 model year sport utility vehicles
earned perfect scores in the latest series of U.S. government frontal and
side-impact crash tests, federal safety regulators said on Wednesday.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said the Infiniti FX,
Saturn Vue and Toyota Highlander all got five out of a possible five stars
for protection of their occupants against serious injury in the closely
watched tests.
The redesigned Dodge Durango also won a perfect rating in the frontal crash
test, in which vehicles are pulled into a fixed barrier at 35 miles per
hour. But side-impact tests were not conducted on the Durango, NHTSA said.

Vehicles scoring poorly in the frontal tests were all from General Motors
Corp. (NYSE:GM - News). They included the Chevrolet Trailblazer, Buick
Rainier, GMC Envoy and GMC Envoy XUV, Isuzu Ascender, Oldsmobile Bravada,
which are built off the same platform or chassis. All got a lowly three-star
rating for protection of front seat positions in a crash.

The Cadillac SRX and Toyota RAV both got four-star ratings in the frontal
crash tests, NHTSA said.



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