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1999 highly rated high Subaru Forester, while the background 1998-1999 Isuzu Amigo got the lowest marks in overall performance.
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ARLINGTON, Virginia CNN - Small SUV sport utility vehicles, which didn t do well in a low-speed crash test there a few months ago, were just as disappointing in new tests where the collision speed was increased.
The Subaru Forester 1999 was the only small SUV tested in a frontal crash-center 40 miles per hour which earned an overall rating of good from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.
Four vehicles were evaluated Jeep Wrangler acceptable 1997-1999; Suzuki Grand Vitara 1999 1999 Suzuki Grand Vitara models; and 1999 Chevrolet Tracker models.
Four vehicles were rated marginal Kia Sportage models from 1998 to 1999; Honda CRV 1997-1999 models; 1997-1999 Jeep Cherokee models; and Toyota RAV4 1996-1999 models.
The worst performer was the 1998-1999 Isuzu Amigo models He was the only small SUV tested to receive a poor rating in frontal crash testing-center.
The Amigo is built on a truck body while the forest, which is smaller, is on a car chassis.
One end side of a vehicle prior to, and not the width, strikes an offset barrier test 40 miles per hour of the Institute, 40 percent of the total width of each vehicle hits a barrier on the driver side for details, see Frontal Offset Test accident.
As shown in the test series, most of these vehicles aren t going to offer the kind of protection they should offer in severe frontal collision, said IIHS President Brian O Neill.
overall evaluation is based on three aspects of performance of each vehicle.
How far ahead of the vehicle pushes in the area after impact occupant space of the driver in the Forester has been maintained reasonably well, with limited intrusion, while in the Amigo there were major collapse of cockpit, O Neill said.
measures of risk of injury from a crash dummy in the driver seat.
The analysis of slow-motion film to assess how well seat belts and airbags controlled dummy movement during the crash test.
In July, the Institute announced the results of its low-speed crash tests on seven small SUVs, all 1998 models Forester required repairs cheaper in 2207 while the Sportage has required the most expensive repairs 7.309 .
The institute crash tests did not address the propensity of small commercial vehicles to ride as a group, they have historically been much higher rates of fatal accidents involving a single vehicle than other vehicles, according to the institute.
Detroit Bureau Chief Ed Garsten contributed to this report.
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