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Wednesday, October 14, 2015

Car makers adding semi-antonomonous features p.8

Handle car trouble while driving p.6

Emergency auto kit p. 7

A LOOK AT NEW 2016 VEHICLES p.2

Protect your vehicle from snow ice and cold damage p.14

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A look at new 2016 models

DETROIT (AP) — The 2016 model year has plenty of workhorses, including new versions of the Toyota Tacoma and Nissan Titan pickups, Chevrolet Malibu and Kia Optima sedans and the Honda Civic small car.

But it also has some spar-kling show horses. Ford, Audi, Ferrari and Acura all have new supercars. Cadillac is launching the racetrack-ready CTS-V. Dodge is unleashing its fastest Viper ever, and Lamborghini has amped up the power in its Aventador. Drivers with a smaller bud-get can also have a lot of fun in the new Ford GT350, Audi TT or Mazda MX-5 Miata.

Hyper luxury is in: Bentley is releasing its first SUV and Mercedes has a $189,350 Maybach version of its S-Class sedan with its own fragrance system. The new top-of-the-line Range Rover SVAutobiography starts at just under $200,000.

Carmakers haven’t com-pletely forgotten about fuel economy. Many are using more aluminum and high-strength steel to drop weight and improve fuel economy. The new Audi Q7 SUV is 717 pounds lighter than the previous version, while the new Chevrolet Camaro is up to 300 pounds lighter.

Toyota is introducing a new Prius hybrid and a hydrogen fuel cell car, the Mirai, which will be sold in California. Hyundai is releasing a hybrid ver-sion of the Sonata sedan. Chevrolet has a new Volt hybrid that goes for 53 miles on battery power alone, and Mercedes, Audi and BMW have new plug-in hybrids.

Here are new or signifi-cantly refreshed U.S. brand cars and trucks coming in

the 2016 model year:

BUICKCASCADA: Buick goes

for a little ragtop bling with the Cascada, an American version of a stylish Opel convertible from Europe. The four-seater is the brand’s first convertible in a quarter-century, and it comes with a turbocharged 200-horsepower engine, and a safety system that deploys rollover protection bars behind the rear seats if the car detects that a crash is possible. The insulated soft top can be opened in 17 seconds while traveling up to 31 miles per hour. Price hasn’t been released yet. The convertible is due in showrooms early next year.

CADILLACATS-V: High-

performance version of Caddy’s small sports sedan and coupe. It comes with a 3.6-liter twin-turbo engine that puts out 464 horse-power and the choice of eight-speed automatic or six-speed manual trans-missions. Sedan starts at $60,465, the coupe at $62,665, both excluding shipping. Already on sale.

CTS-V: It’s a new itera-tion of the racetrack-ready CTS based on the lighter and leaner new version of the midsize sports car. It’s the most powerful car in Cadillac’s 112-year his-tory with a 640-horsepower supercharged 6.2-liter V8 mated to an eight-speed automatic tranny. Starts at $83,995 without shipping. On sale now.

CT6: Cadillac goes back to its roots with a new rear-drive luxury land yacht that isn’t supposed to behave like one. The CT6 has an

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aluminum-intensive body with 11 different materials for strength, performance and efficiency. GM says it’s lighter than the smaller BMW 5-Series. Buyers can choose from a new 3-liter twin-turbo V6 with 400 horsepower, plus two less-powerful engines from the previous generation. Night vision that helps identify people and large animals with heat signatures on a dashboard display. Pricing hasn’t been announced. On sale early next year.

XT5: The first of the new generation of GM sport utilities is a replacement for the aging SRX mid-size SUV. GM will release details later this year.

CHEVROLETCAMARO: The classic

Chevy muscle car slims down to fit on the frame of a Cadillac ATS small sports sedan. And it gets something that’s almost unheard of in a muscle car: a standard four-cylinder engine. The sixth-genera-tion Camaro loses 200 to 300 pounds over the 2015 model, and it’s also shorter. And the new turbocharged 2-liter four is nothing to be embarrassed about. It puts out 275 horsepower, more

than many V8s from years ago. But buyers also can choose a 335-horsepower V6 or 455-horsepower 6.2-liter V8 engine. Starts at $26,695, excluding ship-ping. Due in showrooms in the fall.

CRUZE: Chevy’s now

5-year-old pedestrian-looking compact car is replaced with a more styl-ish, aerodynamic-looking sedan that’s longer and 250 pounds lighter. GM engineers say the new Cruze addresses the faults of the old one, which had a noisy underpow-

ered engine, a cramped back seat and bland styl-ing. Gone are two older four-cylinder engines, both with 138 horsepower. They’re replaced by an all-new 153-horsepower 1.4-liter turbo four. Six-speed manual is standard and a new six-speed automatic is

available. It’s due in show-rooms in the spring. Price hasn’t been announced.

MALIBU: General Motors makes another run at the popular midsize car segment. But if the sleeker and lighter new Malibu runs and handles as well as it looks, Chevy might make a dent in the mar-ket now controlled main-ly by Honda and Toyota. The new sedan has a wide stance and a coupe-like look that’s lower than the old version for better aerodynamics. A longer wheelbase creates more room inside the redesigned model, including 1.3 inch-es of additional rear-seat legroom. It comes standard with a new 1.5-liter tur-bocharged four-cylinder with 160 horsepower. It’s smaller and lighter than the previous four-cylinder, helping to cut 300 pounds of weight. GM says high-way mileage will rise 1 mpg to 37. There’s also a turbocharged 2-liter four-cylinder with 250 horse-power and an eight-speed automatic transmission. A gas-electric hybrid ver-sion gets an estimated 48 mpg in combined city and highway driving. Gasoline versions available in December and hybrid in the spring. Pricing not announced.

SPARK: The Korean-made inexpensive Chevy mini-car gets revamped with a more powerful 1.4-liter four-cylinder engine with 98 horsepower, 14 more than the current model. It also looks less bug-eyed and more mod-ern, with a lower roof line, jeweled headlamps and a rounded front end. Choice of a continuously variable transmission or five-speed manual. Has 10 air bags for safety. Price hasn’t been announced. Due in show-rooms in the fall.

VOLT: Chevy’s gas-electric hybrid gets sleeker looks and increased bat-tery range in a redesign for 2016. The new Volt can go

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53 miles on battery power before a new 1.5-liter four-cylinder engine kicks in to generate electricity and keep the car going. The current version goes only 38 miles on electricity. The new gas-powered genera-tor also is more efficient than the current model. When it’s on, the Volt gets 42 miles per gallon in combined city-highway driving, 5 mpg better than the current car. The more aerodynamic look of the new Volt comes with a price, though. Rear-seat headroom is shallow, as is legroom. The new Volt is due out in the fall, priced at $33,170 excluding ship-ping and a $7,500 federal tax credit for electric cars.

DODGEVIPER ACR: It stands for

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Viper ever, according to the company. The ACR is designed to squeeze faster track lap times out of the venerable Dodge super car with a race-tuned sus-pension. It has high-per-formance Kumho racing tires and is powered by the Viper’s hand-built 8.4-liter V-10 with 645 horsepower. Already on sale. Starts at $117,895, excluding ship-ping and a gas-guzzler tax.

FORDGT: After a decade’s

absence, Ford’s GT returns at the end of 2016. The chiseled supercar looks more like a Ferrari than a Ford. It will get more than 600 horsepower with its mid-mounted, twin-turbocharged EcoBoost V6, which is mated to a sev-en-speed automatic trans-mission. It’s Ford’s most expensive vehicle ever, with a price tag around $400,000. The company plans to make just 250 GTs

per year for the next sev-eral years.

SHELBY GT350/GT350R: The GT350 is a performance version of the new Mustang, which went on sale last fall. It boasts a howling, 5.2-liter V8 engine with 526 horse-power. The aluminum hood is lower and more sloped than on the regular Mustang, for better aero-dynamics. The inside is spare; chrome and bright finishes were removed to prevent sun glare from dis-tracting the driver. If the GT350 isn’t enough, enthu-siasts can check out the GT350R, a pure racing car that’s 130 pounds lighter than the GT350 thanks to the removal of anything extra, including air condi-tioning, rear seats and even carpet. There are carbon fiber wheels and a big rear spoiler for even faster cor-nering. Production will be limited. The GT350 starts

at $49,995, which includes $1,300 for a gas-guzzler tax, which applies to cars with combined fuel econ-omy under 22.5 mpg. The GT350R starts at $63,495.

LINCOLNMKX: Lincoln’s mid-

size crossover has a sleek-er, less bulbous design and an updated grille to match other new Lincolns. Under the hood, there’s a base 3.7-liter V6 engine with 303 horsepower or a new 335-horsepower, 2.7-liter EcoBoost V6. Both are mated to a six-speed, push-button transmission. The base engine gets up to 20 mpg in combined city/highway driving, while the EcoBoost gets 21. The MKX is the first Ford or Lincoln to offer pre-colli-sion alert with pedestrian detection, which warns the driver of an impend-ing collision and applies the brakes automatically. Other new features include

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TESLAMODEL X: Tesla’s third

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Items to include in your automotive emergency kitBefore embarking on any

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Automakers are rapidly adding radar- and camera-based systems that can keep a car in its lane, detect pedestrians and brake auto-matically to avoid a colli-sion. For now, they work with a driver behind the wheel, but eventually, ver-sions of these systems will likely power self-driving cars.

Semi-autonomous fea-tures used to be confined to luxury cars, but they’re quickly migrating to main-stream brands as technol-ogy gets cheaper. Toyota, for example, will offer auto-

matic braking, pedestrian detection and lane depar-ture warning for just a few hundred dollars on all of its vehicles by 2017.

Automakers are also being nudged to add these features by safety advocates like the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, which gives its top crashworthi-ness rankings to vehicles with crash prevention tech-nology.

Joseph Gerardi, a com-munications engineer from Centereach, New York, recently bought a 2015 Nissan Murano specifi-cally for its semi-autono-mous safety technology. As part of its $2,260 technol-ogy package, Nissan offers emergency braking and adaptive cruise control. The

package also has forward collision warning, which uses radar to monitor both the car ahead and the car in front of that one.

Gerardi’s wife, Michele, and 4-year-old daughter, Caroline, use the SUV to get around town, so he want-ed the most technology he could get for under $40,000.

“We just wanted to get the safest thing possible,” he said.

He thinks more people would push for semi-autonomous technology if automakers promoted it, or if dealers had a better understanding of how it works. Gerardi had to call Nissan, for example, to get a complete explanation of the Murano’s emergency brak-ing system.

Not everyone likes the self-driving trend.

“I really, really dislike automobiles that think they’re cleverer than me,” said Will Inglis, who lives outside London and writes about the defense indus-try. He thinks drivers will come to rely too much on semi-autonomous technol-ogy and driving skills will degrade.

But people like Inglis may soon be in the minority. In a recent U.S. survey by the Boston Consulting Group, 55 percent of drivers said they would likely buy a partially autonomous car in the next five years.

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lane-keeping systems actu-ally steer the car back into the lane automatically. They have their limits; they might not work in snow or at other times when lane markings aren’t clearly vis-ible. Lane keeping started appearing on the market in 2014. Among the vehi-cles that offer it are the Ford Fusion Titanium, as a $1,200 option, and the Jeep Renegade Limited, as a $995 option.

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flash lights to warn the driver if they detect an object. More advanced ones warn the driver and, if the driver doesn’t react, apply the brakes. The systems may either bring the car to a complete stop or slow it enough to mitigate dam-age. The technology, intro-duced in 2008, is recom-mended by the federal gov-ernment. It’s already stan-dard on the Volvo XC90 SUV, which can even brake automatically as the driver is turning into an intersec-tion. Other vehicles that offer emergency braking are the Subaru Outback, as part of the $3,090 EyeSight

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— Self-parking: Self-parking systems can find a spot and automatically park in a parallel or per-pendicular spot. The sys-tems, on the market since 2008, are now on many mainstream vehicles. It’s a $395 option on the Ford Focus Titanium.

— Highway autopilot: Single-lane highway auto-pilot is basically just a com-bination of adaptive cruise control and lane-keeping. It helps keep the car cen-tered in its lane at highway

speeds, allowing the driv-er to cruise with minimal effort. Mercedes, Infiniti and Audi are among those whose systems work in

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It is easy for motorists to take their tires for granted when everything is work-ing correctly. Wheels and suspension systems bear the weight of cars and trucks and must bear the brunt of rough roads, pot holes and any additional obstacles, so some wear and tear is to be expected.

Many drivers know to monitor their tire pressure, but it’s also important to check for worn treads and inspect tires for punctures or damage. Proper tire alignment and balance also is essential for a comfort-able and smooth ride.

BalanceBalancing tires involves

equalizing the weight of the combined tire and wheel assembly so that each tire spins smoothly on the road. Tires are mounted on the wheel assembly, and the chances of this assembly having precise weight dis-

tribution is nearly impos-sible without a little help. According to Discount Tire, the slightest imbalance in the tires, even as little as half an ounce, can be felt by drivers. Unequal mass can make tires wobble, causing noticeable vibrations.

Mechanics will test tire balance by putting it on a balancing machine. The machine will spin the tire and determine the tire’s heaviest point. Counteracting weights will be placed on the tire hubs to create a more uniform balance of weight. Lead weights are often used, but some are being phased out for other metals, such as zinc, because of the medical and environmental implica-tions of lead.

Tires that are not bal-anced will not only cause vibration, they also can lead to uneven wear.

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When tires are not prop-erly aligned, drivers may notice uneven tread wear. Misaligned tires also may cause the vehicle to pull to the left or right. Drivers who notice their steering wheel is off-center or vibrat-ing when they are driving may need to adjust their tires’ alignment.

Camber, or the inward or outward angle of the tire when viewed from the front of the vehicle, will be adjusted. In addition, “toe,” or the extent to which the tires turn inward or out-ward when viewed from above, will be adjusted. Caster angle also helps bal-ance steering, stability and cornering. Caster is the angle of your steering axis when viewed from the side

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While winter can test people’s patience, it also can be harsh on cars and trucks. Understanding what components of a vehicle can be compromised by dropping temper-atures and snowy roads can help drivers take action to safeguard their automotive investments.

While the Canadian Automobile Association noted that winter can wreak havoc on just about every part of a vehicle, there are some parts that seem to bear the brunt of Old Man Winter’s abuse. Properly servicing and caring for a car or truck can help.

Drivers should take their vehicles for a tuneup and inspection before wintry weather arrives. A mechan-ic will examine the car battery and

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In addition to visiting their mechanics, drivers can perform some inspections and fixes them-selves.

• Check that all of the vehicle’s lights are operational so your car can be easily seen during inclem-ent weather. Exchange your exist-ing windshield washer fluid with one that will not freeze in cold conditions. Check the nozzles on the windshield-washer system rou-tinely and clear out any blockages of ice or debris. While address-ing windshield washer fluid, also replace worn out windshield wiper blades with ones that can with-stand snow and icy weather.

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• Have your tires’ alignment checked toward the end of winter or early spring. A season of travel-ing over pothole-ridden roads or hitting curbs buried under snow drifts can affect the alignment. Get everything back on track. Similarly, inspect tires routinely, as weather changes can affect tire pressure and strength.

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Adaptive cruise control has been an option on some cars for almost a decade. But in a recent national survey, 65 percent of U.S. drivers didn’t know what it was.

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gency braking.The site is one of several

places that car owners and shoppers can learn about safety technology. The fed-eral government’s auto-safety website — http://www.safercar.gov — lists crash-test results and uses icons to highlight cars with recommended safety features, including lane-departure warning and forward-collision warning. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety — http://www.iihs.org — also explains key collision-avoidance features like automatic braking, and lists which cars have them.

Carmakers — prodded by government regulators and public crash-test rankings

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Daniel McGehee, who conducted the survey, was surprised to find that even car dealers and ser-vice department managers weren’t always familiar with new safety features.

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remedied by a simple tire rotation, so take your vehi-cle to your mechanic if you notice uneven wear.

• Look for stowaways. Uneven wear is not the only thing drivers can detect with their eyes. In the course of your travels, your tire might have picked up a few stowaways, such as nails and screws that are poking into the tire. If you find any freeloaders, take your car to your mechanic, as your tires may need to be replaced.

• Look for cracking or bulging treads. Cracking or bulging treads or side-walls can eventually cause a blowout, which can put you and your fellow road trippers in serious jeopardy. Cracked or bulging treads or sidewalls indicate tires are worn or weak, so bring your car to your mechanic

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• Perform the penny test. The penny test can help motorists determine if tire treads are worn. To perform the test, insert a penny with Abraham Lincoln’s head pointing upward into the tread. If the tread does not reach the top of Lincoln’s head, your tire’s treads are worn.

• Check tire pressure. Right before you pack up the car to hit the open road, check each of your tires’ pressure, making sure the pressure in each tire is at the level recommended in your owner’s manual. Inflating tires to the proper pressure takes just a min-ute or so, but that minute can protect you and your passengers while also sav-ing you money at the filling station.


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Anyone who has ever visited a new car dealer-ship has probably glanced at a new car sticker and felt like something has been lost in translation. Such stickers hang prominently in the windows of all new cars on the lot, but read-ing them can be akin to reading a complicated legal

document. Drivers about to begin their searches for new vehicles may benefit from learning the following terms they might see when reading window stickers at their local auto dealerships.

• Vehicle description: This is typically at the top left or right of the sticker, and it includes information about the vehicle you are looking at. This includes the type of engine and transmission, the interior and exterior col-ors, the make and model of the vehicle, and its passen-ger capacity.

• Destination charge: Drivers who have passed auto transport trucks haul-ing new automobiles on the highway might not know

it, but if they ever bought a new vehicle, chances are they helped to pay for the trip those cars made from the manufacturing plant to the dealership lot. That’s because window stick-ers typically list a destina-tion charge, which is the fee buyers pay to get the vehicle from the plant to the dealership. This might be listed as “Destination & Delivery” on the sticker.

• Fuel economy: Many buyers understand this term when they see it, but they might not know that the figure listed next to fuel economy, which is an esti-mate of how many much miles per gallon a given vehicle gets in the city and

on the highway, is deter-mined by the United States Environmental Protection Agency.

• MSRP: The MSRP, or manufacturer suggested retail price, is the price

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How to respond to animals on the roadIn the summer of 2015,

a video of dozens of cars swerving to avoid a family of ducks crossing a busy Minnesota freeway went viral. While no people or ducks were injured in that incident, impromptu ani-mal crossings are a poten-tial hazard on roadways where drivers are unaccus-tomed to sharing the road with four-legged counter-parts. In the wake of the video, state officials urged

drivers not to stop for ani-mals because of the hazards posed by sudden stopping.

Drivers may have mixed feelings on whether or not to put their lives in jeopar-dy to save an errant animal, but sometimes there is little time to make a decision. As more neighborhoods and roadways infringe on natural habitats, incidents of animals on the roadways figure to increase. Deer, moose, elk, and smaller ani-mals can wander out onto

busy roads, and there’s no foolproof way to prevent it.

According to State Farm Insurance, roughly 1.5 mil-lion animal-car accidents occur each year, resulting in 10,000 injuries, 150 deaths and $2,500 in property dam-age on average. Knowing what to do when encounter-ing animals on the road can help drivers avoid accidents and injuries.

• Experts advise drivers to remain in their lanes and to attempt to slow down as quickly as possible when encountering animals on the road. Move slowly in the direction the animal was coming from if it’s safe, as animal instinct is to dart out in the direction it was going.

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The survey, which ques-tioned 2,015 people last September about nine safety features, found that 92 percent of drivers had heard of anti-lock brakes, which have been common on cars since the 1980s. But only about half had heard of more recent options like lane-departure warn-ing, which gives an audi-ble warning or vibrates to warn drivers when the car leaves its lane, or forward-collision warning, which alerts drivers to an immi-nent crash.

Ninety-four percent were aware of cruise control, which keeps the vehicle at a set speed on the high-way. But only about one-third had heard of its more advanced sibling, adaptive

cruise control, which main-tains a set speed and dis-tance from the car ahead and can accelerate or brake on its own. It used to be a feature on luxury cars, but as radar and cameras have gotten cheaper, it’s being added to mainstream vehi-cles like the Honda CR-V and the Mazda6.

Even features that are standard on every car caused some head-scratch-ing. Only 55 percent of drivers were familiar with tire-pressure monitor-ing systems, which have been mandated by the U.S. government since 2007. The systems alert drivers, usually with a dashboard message, when one of their tires is underinflated. McGehee said drivers may not realize they have a fea-ture like that because their tires are properly inflated.

“A lot of technologies lie in wait, but we know they are very useful when they’re needed,” he said.

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is the fact that automakers have different names for safety features. Mercedes-Benz calls its adaptive cruise-control system Distronic Plus, for exam-ple, while Subaru packag-es adaptive cruise control within its EyeSight suite of safety systems. Systems also work differently; some will automatically steer drivers back into their lane if they leave it, for exam-ple, while others just give them a warning.

McGehee said the website doesn’t name par-ticular automakers or sys-tems, but simply tries to explain various technolo-gies.

“This is a geeky area we’re getting into,” McGehee said. “We want-ed to debrand the vehicles and concentrate on the concepts.”

The university is now studying what kinds of questions people have about their car’s features, with the goal of making a

mobile manual that drivers could consult with voice commands. McGehee, an engineer who recently found himself fumbling around for the parking brake in a rental car, says the manual would let peo-ple ask things like, “Where is my parking brake?” or “How does my parking brake work?”

The University of Iowa

received three grants total-ing $17.2 million for the project and for future efforts, including the mobile manual. The money came from Toyota Motor Corp., which set aside $30 million for safety educa-tion programs in 2012 as part of a $1 billion class-action settlement over unintended acceleration claims.

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basic items the vehicle is equipped with are listed as the standard equip-ment. This can include a number of items, such as AM/FM radio and heating and cooling systems. The standard equipment listed on the sticker is often bro-ken down into categories, including exterior, interior, safety/security and war-ranty information.

• Optional equipment: The special features avail-able, such as leather interi-or and heated seats, will be listed separately in this cat-egory. These features may only be available as part of bundled packages, though some manufacturers allow buyers to add them a la carte.

• Total retail price: The total retail price includes the MSRP and the standard and optional equipment, but it does not include taxes or registration and title fees.

• Safety ratings: Safety ratings also are included on

vehicle stickers, and these can shed light on how the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has rated a given vehicle if it has tested that car or truck. If you are unsure of what

those terms mean or if the safety ratings are not listed (the NHTSA does not test every new model every year), visit the Insurance Institute for High Safety website at www.iihs.org.

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