Posts Tagged ‘five stars’

New York ‘08 Preview: Ford featuring crash-tested Taurus

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008
Click above to view high-res gallery of crash-tested Ford TaurusFord has been very quiet about what it will have onstage at the New York Auto Show tomorrow, but one vehicle we do know that will be under the lights is the Ford Taurus. While there will certainly be a number of Taurus models waxed, pol......

New “Ease of Use” child seat rating system unveiled by feds

Saturday, November 24th, 2007
The NHTSA has announced that it will begin using a new ratings system for child seats that communicates to parents how easy they are to use. (All NHTSA-rated child seats are considered safe.) The four ease-of-use criteria that will be considered are: Vehicle installation features Securing the child ......

IIHS wrecks new Scion xD. Rates average, good

Thursday, September 6th, 2007
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) did its worst to the new Scion xD, and after performing both the frontal offset test and a side impact test with the standard front and rear head curtain airbags and front seat torso airbags, the xD came away with ratings from "good" to "average."On ......

NHTSA head says crash standards should be higher

Wednesday, July 18th, 2007
Nicole Nason, head of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), maintains that the crash standards that have been on the books since 1973 are due for a revision. Recognizing the 9 out of 10 vehicles routinely score either four- or five-stars on the administration's tests, she's see......

Hyundai Veracruz gets the full-frontal treatment from IIHS

Thursday, May 24th, 2007
And you've gotta know Hyundai is thrilled with that line of nothing but green Gs its full-size SUV scored. IIHS said crash results indicated, "... a low risk of any significant injuries in a crash of this severity." Which, we would all agree, is a good thing.This shouldn't be a big surprise, though,......

2008 Subaru Tribeca gets 5 stars from NHTSA

Thursday, March 22nd, 2007
The 2008 Subaru Tribeca may have gone from unattractive to almost too inoffensive, but the embattled CUV has at least moved to the head of the class with regards to safety. The Tribeca scored a perfect "five stars" on both the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's front and side impact cr......

Bouncing back: Toyota Tundra earns highest frontal crash test score from IIHS

Friday, March 9th, 2007
About a month ago, we told you about the all-new Toyota Tundra's stunning four star NHTSA crash test score, which was lower than the five stars received by the F-150 and Silverado. Toyota seemed as surprised as anyone else by the test scores, and now they've saved some face by getting the highest po......

Toyota curious about Tundra’s four-star showing in crash test

Wednesday, January 31st, 2007
Toyota is a little confused as to how its new full-size Tundra pickup only achieved a score of four stars in the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's test for frontal crash performance. Mike Levine at Pickuptruck.com, who is fast becoming Autoblog's unofficial expert on all things with a......

Toyota Tundra fails to score five stars in NHTSA frontal crash test

Sunday, January 28th, 2007
Toyota's not having an easy time with the Tundra so far. It's been criticized for lacking a fully-boxed frame, the internet is alight with Tundra-hate, and now along comes the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Both Regular and Double Cab variants of Toyota's intended domestic-fighter......

New Honda CR-V earns five star rating from NHTSA

Thursday, October 26th, 2006
With its four siblings getting a 5-star crash rating, and perfect scores for the past two years, we imagine there were few of you worrying about the safety of the new CR-V from Honda.The NHTSA awarded the little sport ute 5 stars across the board on crash ratings and gave it a little smiley-face sti......