HHR recognized as top scorer in rollover tests!
05-31-2006 | 07:25 PM
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HHR recognized as top scorer in rollover tests!
I found this AP article on Google news:
SUVs Putting Brake on Rollovers
WASHINGTON - Car companies are making strides to prevent sport-utility vehicles from rolling over, the government says, noting that seven in 10 new SUVs are equipped with rollover-reducing technology.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration released new rollover results for 2006 vehicles yesterday, finding 39 SUVs with four-star ratings.
SUVs have showed steady improvements in the testing; two dozen SUVs received four stars last year and only one in 2001. But no SUV earned a top five-star rating.
The results, shown at www.safercar.gov, are used by consumers to assess a vehicle's ability to reduce rollovers, which kill more than 10,000 motorists in the United States annually.
The newest technology - electronic stability control - is an anti-rollover system in which brakes are automatically applied when the vehicle begins skidding off course, helping to steady it.
The government's traffic safety agency said 69% of all SUVs from the 2006 model year now offer the technology as standard equipment, a significant jump from 43% of 2005 SUVs with standard stability control.
Newly tested SUVs that received four stars included: the Chevrolet HHR, Honda Pilot, Toyota RAV4, Subaru B9 Tribeca, Hyundai Tucson, Mercedes-Benz ML Class, Suzuki Grand Vitara and 4-by-4 versions of the Chevrolet TrailBlazer.
Among top-scoring SUVs, the HHR had a 14% chance of rollover and 4-by-4 versions of the Pilot had a 15% chance.
The 4-by-4 version of the Nissan XTerra had a 25% chance of rollover, the highest percentage among the new SUVs tested. The 4-by-2 version of the XTerra, the 4-by-2 Chevrolet Tahoe and the Hummer H3 had a 24% chance of rollover.
Under the ratings system, a vehicle with five stars has a rollover risk of less than 10% while a four-star vehicle has a 10% to 20% risk. Three-star vehicles have a 20% to 30% risk.
The Associated Press
Originally published on May 31, 2006
SUVs Putting Brake on Rollovers
WASHINGTON - Car companies are making strides to prevent sport-utility vehicles from rolling over, the government says, noting that seven in 10 new SUVs are equipped with rollover-reducing technology.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration released new rollover results for 2006 vehicles yesterday, finding 39 SUVs with four-star ratings.
SUVs have showed steady improvements in the testing; two dozen SUVs received four stars last year and only one in 2001. But no SUV earned a top five-star rating.
The results, shown at www.safercar.gov, are used by consumers to assess a vehicle's ability to reduce rollovers, which kill more than 10,000 motorists in the United States annually.
The newest technology - electronic stability control - is an anti-rollover system in which brakes are automatically applied when the vehicle begins skidding off course, helping to steady it.
The government's traffic safety agency said 69% of all SUVs from the 2006 model year now offer the technology as standard equipment, a significant jump from 43% of 2005 SUVs with standard stability control.
Newly tested SUVs that received four stars included: the Chevrolet HHR, Honda Pilot, Toyota RAV4, Subaru B9 Tribeca, Hyundai Tucson, Mercedes-Benz ML Class, Suzuki Grand Vitara and 4-by-4 versions of the Chevrolet TrailBlazer.
Among top-scoring SUVs, the HHR had a 14% chance of rollover and 4-by-4 versions of the Pilot had a 15% chance.
The 4-by-4 version of the Nissan XTerra had a 25% chance of rollover, the highest percentage among the new SUVs tested. The 4-by-2 version of the XTerra, the 4-by-2 Chevrolet Tahoe and the Hummer H3 had a 24% chance of rollover.
Under the ratings system, a vehicle with five stars has a rollover risk of less than 10% while a four-star vehicle has a 10% to 20% risk. Three-star vehicles have a 20% to 30% risk.
The Associated Press
Originally published on May 31, 2006
06-01-2006 | 01:54 AM
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Hey:
Here is a link to the ABC news story on the HHR and others, it answers 2 questions, says HHR is a SUV, and it ranks highest in Government Tests. Also has a video link, see what the reporter is driving?
http://www.abcnews.go.com/GMA/Autos/story?id=2023236
Here is a link to the ABC news story on the HHR and others, it answers 2 questions, says HHR is a SUV, and it ranks highest in Government Tests. Also has a video link, see what the reporter is driving?
http://www.abcnews.go.com/GMA/Autos/story?id=2023236
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