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05-12-2011, 04:38 PM
Filed under: Truck (http://www.autoblog.com/category/trucks/), Safety (http://www.autoblog.com/category/safety/), Chevrolet (http://www.autoblog.com/category/chevrolet/), Dodge (http://www.autoblog.com/category/dodge/), Ford (http://www.autoblog.com/category/ford/), GMC (http://www.autoblog.com/category/gmc/), Nissan (http://www.autoblog.com/category/nissan/), Toyota (http://www.autoblog.com/category/toyota/)
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IIHS Full-Size Pickup Rollover Crash Testing - Click above for high-res image gallery
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 Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/insurance institute for highway safety) has just released the data on its recent volley of tests on full-size pickup trucks, and both the 2011 Ford F-150 (http://www.autoblog.com/model/f-150) and 2011 Toyota Tundra (http://www.autoblog.com/model/tundra) earned the coveted Top Safety Pick (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/top safety pick) 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.
Meanwhile, the 2011 Nissan Titan (http://www.autoblog.com/model/titan) took home an acceptable rating in the rollover evaluation while the 2011 Chevrolet Silverado (http://www.autoblog.com/model/silverado), 2011 GMC Sierra (http://www.autoblog.com/model/sierra) and 2011 Ram 1500 (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/ram) netted marginal scores.
IIHS (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/iihs) 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. Hit the jump (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/05/12/ford-f-150-toyota-tundra-earn-iihs-top-safety-pick-awards/#continued) for the full press release.Continue reading Ford F-150, Toyota Tundra earn IIHS Top Safety Pick Awards (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 (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/05/12/ford-f-150-toyota-tundra-earn-iihs-top-safety-pick-awards/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Thu, 12 May 2011 18:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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IIHS Full-Size Pickup Rollover Crash Testing - Click above for high-res image gallery
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 Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/insurance institute for highway safety) has just released the data on its recent volley of tests on full-size pickup trucks, and both the 2011 Ford F-150 (http://www.autoblog.com/model/f-150) and 2011 Toyota Tundra (http://www.autoblog.com/model/tundra) earned the coveted Top Safety Pick (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/top safety pick) 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.
Meanwhile, the 2011 Nissan Titan (http://www.autoblog.com/model/titan) took home an acceptable rating in the rollover evaluation while the 2011 Chevrolet Silverado (http://www.autoblog.com/model/silverado), 2011 GMC Sierra (http://www.autoblog.com/model/sierra) and 2011 Ram 1500 (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/ram) netted marginal scores.
IIHS (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/iihs) 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. Hit the jump (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/05/12/ford-f-150-toyota-tundra-earn-iihs-top-safety-pick-awards/#continued) for the full press release.Continue reading Ford F-150, Toyota Tundra earn IIHS Top Safety Pick Awards (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 (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/05/12/ford-f-150-toyota-tundra-earn-iihs-top-safety-pick-awards/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Thu, 12 May 2011 18:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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