| The National Highway Traffic Safety
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| | complete though since the government
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| Administration (NHTSA) recently released
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| | agency has only tested 63 of the 70
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| the results of the crash and rollover
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| | vehicles slated to be tested for the
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| safety tests that they have conducted.
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| | current model year. Only 79 percent of
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| The government agency awarded 24 vehicles
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| | the vehicle scheduled to be available to
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| for the 2007 model year with its highest
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| | the public this year has been accounted
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| safety rating of five stars. These 24
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| | for and the rest are yet to be tested.
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| vehicles have performed well in both the
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| | The complete ratings for 2007 models are
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| front and side crash tests that were
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| | easily accessible to consumers who want
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| conducted by the agency. These tests are
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| | to look into a vehicle's safety ratings
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| done in connection with the institution's
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| | before buying one. The information can
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| New Car Assessment Program (NCAP). The
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| | be viewed at where not only the current
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| program is aimed to help the public
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| | ratings are available but safety ratings
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| choose which cars are safe and capable of
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| | for previous model years.
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| protecting people in the event of a
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| | The National Highway Traffic Safety
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| crash.
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| | Administration also performed rollover
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| Of the 24 vehicles that received the
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| | tests on the 63 vehicles that have
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| five-star rating from the agency, seven
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| | already been tested for front and side
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| of them are four-door passenger vehicles.
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| | crash safety. Of all the vehicles
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| The remaining 17 vehicles are four-door
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| | analyzed, only three vehicles got the
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| sports utility vehicles. The Dodge
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| | highest rating of the agency for rollover
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| Caliber, Ford Five Hundred, Kia Optima,
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| | resistance. Incidentally, none of the 24
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| Mercury Montego, Subaru Legacy, Saturn
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| | vehicles which got five star ratings for
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| Aura, and the Toyota Camry are the first
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| | front and side crash safety tests also
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| seven four-door passenger vehicles which
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| | got five stars in the rollover safety
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| have received the agency's highest rating
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| | tests. The cars that performed
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| for front and side crash tests.
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| | satisfactorily in the rollover safety
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| Aside from the aforementioned seven
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| | tests are the Mazda6 four-door, the
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| vehicles, the NHTSA also gave five star
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| | Pontiac Solstice Convertible and another
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| ratings to seventeen four-door SUVs.
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| | convertible, the Saturn Sky. These three
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| These are the Acura MDX, Acura RDX, Audi
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| | vehicles have been engineered for maximum
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| Q7, Dodge Nitro, Ford Freestyle, GMC
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| | stability that is why they have the best
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| Acadia, Honda CR-V, Honda Element,
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| | rollover protection among all the
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| Hyundai Santa Fe, Infiniti FX35/45, Jeep
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| | vehicles for the 2007 model year.
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| Grand Cherokee, Kia Sorento, Kia
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| | The agency uses the star rating to give
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| Sportage, Mazda CX-7, Saturn Outlook,
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| | consumers an easily understood rating
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| Subaru Outback, and the Toyota
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| | system. Their evaluation system gives a
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| Highlander.
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| | star for the lowest mark and five stars
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| All the abovementioned vehicles have
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| | for the highest rating. This comes to
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| shown that their safety features are
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| | play when comparing the safety of a
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| adequate to protect passengers and the
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| | vehicle against another vehicle. The
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| driver in the event of a front or side
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| | agency will also implement the posting of
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| collision. Their safety can be compared
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| | the star ratings on the windows of
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| to that of a vehicle equipped with EBC
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| | vehicles. This use of window stickers
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| Redstuff brake pads whose stopping power
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| | will be made standard beginning September
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| is a great addition to a car's safety
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| | of this year.
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| features. The list of vehicles is not
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