The institute's side-impact test mimics a real-world crash in which a pickup or SUV runs a red light or stop sign and strikes a vehicle in the side, ... The A6's double best-pick performance, especially, is the kind we hope to see every time we test a vehicle.
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People think of head restraints as headrests, but they're not. They're important safety devices. You're more likely to need the protection of a good head restraint in a collision than the other safety devices in your vehicle because rear-end collisions are so common.Adrian Lund
Whenever you make it easier to see, that helps. But I don't know of many crashes caused (by a driver's) inability to see, as opposed to the fact that someone forgot to look.
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SUVs can have the same utility they do today and still be equipped with decent bumper systems that extend down to where they match up with those on cars, ... Until then, motorists who bump into mismatched vehicles, even at very low speeds, will have no choice but to open their wallets.
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It's attracting a lot of attention for distinctive styling, ... but the bumpers aren't praiseworthy.
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Automakers are improving the geometry of their head restraints, compared with the last time we evaluated them. Still, in this group of minivans the Fords are the only models with good dynamic performance for all of their seat designs. Many of the seathead restraints we evaluated didn't even get to the testing stage because of marginal or poor geometry. These cannot begin to protect most people in rear-end crashes.
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Its disappointing that so many minivan seats are rated poor for rear impact protection. Drivers of minivans spend a lot of time on urban and suburban roads where rear-end collisions are common in stop-and-go traffic.
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