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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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As Jim or Seamus, I live in the past and the future...
and I take the best of both...
to live with Honor and Chivalry of days gone by
and fly through the net at the speed of light.
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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As Jim or Seamus, I live in the past and the future...
and I take the best of both...
to live with Honor and Chivalry of days gone by
and fly through the net at the speed of light.
