Ford F-150, Toyota Tundra earn IIHS Top Safety Pick Awards
 

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Like their body-on-frame SUV cousins, full-size pickup trucks are more prone to roll over than a standard passenger car. That's exactly why it's so important to have a vehicle that earns good marks in roof-strength tests. The <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/insurance institute for highway safety">Insurance Institute for Highway Safety</a> has just released the data on its recent volley of tests on full-size pickup trucks, and both the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/model/f-150">2011 Ford F-150</a> and <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/model/tundra">2011 Toyota Tundra</a> earned the coveted <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/top safety pick">Top Safety Pick</a> designation. The vehicles earned the highest possible rating of 'good' in the institutes crush test, where a large steel plate is pressed against one corner of the roof to calculate a strength-to-weight ratio.<br />
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Meanwhile, the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/model/titan">2011 Nissan Titan</a> took home an acceptable rating in the rollover evaluation while the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/model/silverado">2011 Chevrolet Silverado</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/model/sierra">2011 GMC Sierra</a> and <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/ram">2011 Ram 1500</a> netted marginal scores.<br />
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<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/iihs">IIHS</a> says that the roof on the Toyota Tundra stood up to 4.5 times the truck's weight while the F-150 handled 4.7 times the pressure. A vehicle must withstand 4 times its weight before five-inches of crush is detected before being awarded a Good rating. <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2011/05/12/ford-f-150-toyota-tundra-earn-iihs-top-safety-pick-awards/#continued">Hit the jump</a> for the full press release.<p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2011/05/12/ford-f-150-toyota-tundra-earn-iihs-top-safety-pick-awards/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Ford F-150, Toyota Tundra earn IIHS Top Safety Pick Awards</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;backgr ound:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2011/05/12/ford-f-150-toyota-tundra-earn-iihs-top-safety-pick-awards/">Ford F-150, Toyota Tundra earn IIHS Top Safety Pick Awards</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblo g</a> on Thu, 12 May 2011 18:20:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2011/05/12/ford-f-150-toyota-tundra-earn-iihs-top-safety-pick-awards/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19939008/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2011/05/12/ford-f-150-toyota-tundra-earn-iihs-top-safety-pick-awards/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>

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