Reuters Three SUVs get top marks in U.S. crash tests Wednesday May 5, 6:04 pm ET
DETROIT, May 5 (Reuters) - Only three 2004 model year sport utility vehicles earned perfect scores in the latest series of U.S. government frontal and side-impact crash tests, federal safety regulators said on Wednesday.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said the Infiniti FX, Saturn Vue and Toyota Highlander all got five out of a possible five stars for protection of their occupants against serious injury in the closely watched tests. The redesigned Dodge Durango also won a perfect rating in the frontal crash test, in which vehicles are pulled into a fixed barrier at 35 miles per hour. But side-impact tests were not conducted on the Durango, NHTSA said.
Vehicles scoring poorly in the frontal tests were all from General Motors Corp. (NYSE:GM - News). They included the Chevrolet Trailblazer, Buick Rainier, GMC Envoy and GMC Envoy XUV, Isuzu Ascender, Oldsmobile Bravada, which are built off the same platform or chassis. All got a lowly three-star rating for protection of front seat positions in a crash.
The Cadillac SRX and Toyota RAV both got four-star ratings in the frontal crash tests, NHTSA said.
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