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  • To earn our recommendation, vehicles must have performed well in CR's tests, have average or better reliability, and, if crash-tested, provide good overall crash protection based on our composite of insurance-industry and government crash tests.

    Best deals from Toyota and Ford, brands that topped our 2011 Car Brand Perception Survey 2011

  • Although factory original vehicles are carefully engineered and crash-tested to meet a complex array of federal safety standards, there are no standards for replacement crash parts — except for headlights, and CAPA tests in 2003 and 2004 found that 82 percent of 40 non-OEM lamps tested, failed to meet Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 108.

    Video: Knock-off bumper part "explodes" in crash test 2010

  • The IIHS, a research group funded by the insurance industry, has not crash-tested aftermarket bumpers, frame rails, or other safety related parts.

    Tests show aftermarket replacement parts can present safety risk 2010

  • Although factory original vehicles are carefully engineered and crash-tested to meet a complex array of federal safety standards, there are no standards for replacement crash parts—except for headlights, and CAPA tests in 2003 and 2004 found that 82 percent of 40 non-OEM lamps tested, failed to meet Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 108.

    Video: Knock-off bumper part "explodes" in crash test 2010

  • So Musk ordered the engineers to lower the doorsill two inches, thereby losing much of the cost savings that come from using a crash-tested off-the-rack chassis.

    Tesla’s wild ride « Isegoria 2008

  • The IIHS, a research group funded by the insurance industry, has not crash-tested aftermarket bumpers, frame rails, or other safety related parts.

    Tests show aftermarket replacement parts can present safety risk 2010

  • In 1992, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety crash-tested a 1972 Chevrolet Impala, and while the car's dashboard clock had stopped working, the airbags performed flawlessly.

    How Long Is the Life of an Airbag? Jonathan Welsh 2010

  • All models listed are also Consumer Reports recommended, which means they must have performed well in Consumer Reports 'tests, have average or better reliability, and, if crash-tested, provide good overall safety.

    Cash for clunkers: American cars 2009

  • Specifically, the vehicle must have performed well in Consumer Reports 'tests, have average or better reliability, and, if crash-tested, provide good overall safety.

    Top 40 Best Deals on American-Made Cars 2009

  • Specifically, the vehicle must have performed well in Consumer Reports 'tests, have average or better reliability, and, if crash-tested, provide good overall safety.

    Best new car deals--Honda and Toyota 2009

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