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safest suv FAQ
Personally, I liked the ML500 I used to have... but that might be out of your price range.
Acura makes a very nice SUV...
if safe means getting to point a to b, then one suv comes to mind, 4runner. easy highway driving, mild to crazy off-road, and unlike jeeps, chevys, fords, hyundais and the rest of the garbage out there, it doesnt break down in the middle of nowhere.
Ford Expedition
Nissan Armada
chrysler Aspen
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has picked the vehicles below as the safest. Consumer Reports would also be very informative.
WINNERS
Large car
Audi A6 manufactured in Dec. 2006 and later
Midsize
safest suv news
Mitsubishi SUV's score safer than ever
Before the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) began testing vehicles the US government was the sole supplier of crash test information. The government testing was less stringent; less detailed, and was not typically something that consumers heard about before making a purchase decision. In 1992 that changed when the IIHS opened its new Vehicle Research Center in Virginia. The IIHS started to more comprehensively test vehicles and publicize the rankings between competitive models in the vehicles category.
At first the results were ugly. The frontal offset crash that IIHS performed caught designers off guard and many vehicles were found to be poorly designed for this typical crash. Makers began to adapt. Some fought with the institute or rejected its findings. Next, the institute began to do side impact tests and again the results were typically very embarrassing for the auto makers. They adapted. Finally, the trend continued when the IIHS started to evaluate both rollover risks and roof crush standards. However by now the automakers have wised up and play nice. Redesigns based on the institute’s findings are not only common, but the automakers have taken to creating press releases embracing the findings and bragging about their quick response to the findings with a robust redesign.
Source: Torque News





