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For the 2011 model year, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has implemented
tougher crash testing procedures that make it more difficult for vehicles to receive a five-star rating. The new test is known as the
NCAP, or New Car Assessment Program, and the
first batch of cars were evaluated earlier in the year. Ten more vehicles have been subjected to the NCAP, and the results are promising... for most.
General Motors received high marks for its Lambda triplets - the Buick Enclave, Chevrolet Traverse and GMC Acadia - with all three netting five-star ratings. Not all GM products received a gold star, however - the aging
Buick Lucerne only received a three-star rating under the new test procedures. Honda's Accord sedan also received a five-star rating, however its main competitor, the Toyota Camry, didn't fare so well. Both the gasoline- and hybrid-powered Camrys only received three stars.
During the first batch of testing the average score was four stars, so the five-star ratings here are good news for GM. Previously, only the
Hyundai Sonata (after being revised and retested) and
BMW 5 Series received the coveted five-star rating.
The
National Highway Safety Traffic Administration plans to test 55 cars in total before the year is over, and the full results of the latest testing can be viewed at
SaferCar.gov.
[Source:
SaferCar.gov via
The Detroit News]
NHTSA releases second batch of crash test ratings under new system originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, 11 Nov 2010 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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