The new version of the 2011 Ford Explorer has been a Top Safety Pick by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety - the automotive equivalent of the Dean's List and a diluted group that the SUV was previously excluded popular time.
In a bit of irony, the Explorer has grown by developing a truck-based body design, a concept car-based device for the new model year. The price of the IIHS calls into question the popular mythology of cars and trucks are safer than cars.
The announcement of the Explorer was in another list of vehicles in the IIHS join list of winners included 2011th The winners are the new 2011 Mercedes-Benz E-Class Coupe 2011 Kia Optima 2011 Volkswagen Jetta, Chevrolet Cruze in 2011, 2011 Scion tC, 2011, four-door Volkswagen GTI 2011 Volkswagen Touareg 2011 Hyundai Santa Fe and the 2011 Mercedes-Benz GLK.
The IIHS, 66 vehicles have earned the Top Safety Pick award for 2011, including 40 cars, 25 SUVs and minivans. The winners of "doing the best job of protecting people in front, side, rollover, and rear crashes based on Institute testing well," he said. "The recipients have [optional] Electronic Stability Control.
Hyundai / Kia and Volkswagen / Audi have been selected for each group with nine winners for 2011. Next in line with eight awards each, General Motors, Ford, Lincoln and / Toyota / Lexus Scion. Subaru is the only automotive manufacturer, the winner in all classes of vehicles in which it operates.
The VW Touareg is the only SUV to access the list for 2011. No vans IIHS evaluates qualified for the award, he said. Large trucks were not tested.
The IIHS tightened its criteria for Top Safety Pick in this year by the requirement that all qualifiers have a good rating for the performance of a roof strength test to protection in a crash have to assess driving.
In a bit of irony, the Explorer has grown by developing a truck-based body design, a concept car-based device for the new model year. The price of the IIHS calls into question the popular mythology of cars and trucks are safer than cars.
The announcement of the Explorer was in another list of vehicles in the IIHS join list of winners included 2011th The winners are the new 2011 Mercedes-Benz E-Class Coupe 2011 Kia Optima 2011 Volkswagen Jetta, Chevrolet Cruze in 2011, 2011 Scion tC, 2011, four-door Volkswagen GTI 2011 Volkswagen Touareg 2011 Hyundai Santa Fe and the 2011 Mercedes-Benz GLK.
The IIHS, 66 vehicles have earned the Top Safety Pick award for 2011, including 40 cars, 25 SUVs and minivans. The winners of "doing the best job of protecting people in front, side, rollover, and rear crashes based on Institute testing well," he said. "The recipients have [optional] Electronic Stability Control.
Hyundai / Kia and Volkswagen / Audi have been selected for each group with nine winners for 2011. Next in line with eight awards each, General Motors, Ford, Lincoln and / Toyota / Lexus Scion. Subaru is the only automotive manufacturer, the winner in all classes of vehicles in which it operates.
The VW Touareg is the only SUV to access the list for 2011. No vans IIHS evaluates qualified for the award, he said. Large trucks were not tested.
The IIHS tightened its criteria for Top Safety Pick in this year by the requirement that all qualifiers have a good rating for the performance of a roof strength test to protection in a crash have to assess driving.
