Sal Collaziano
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Filed under: Trucks/Pickups, Marketing/Advertising, Safety, Chevrolet, GM, GMC
You have to watch those PR folk, their inclination to spin the facts can sometimes cause people to see what's not there. Take for instance news released today that the 2008 Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra 1500 both received top five-star side-impact safety ratings from the National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration. The release states that GM's GMT-900 pickups are now the only full-size pickups with five stars for side-impacts in the industry. This is true, but only because none of the other pickups have been rated yet. If you check the NHTSA's safercar.gov website, which hosts the crash test ratings for every vehicle tested, you'll find that the 2008 Ford F-150, Dodge Ram, Toyota Tundra and Nissan Titan are all listed as "Not Rated" when it comes to side-impact crash tests, and neither are models of each pickup from previous years. So while GM's claim is true, one shouldn't also assume its competition isn't just as safe in a side-impact crash until the NHTSA side-impact crash test proves otherwise.
View the full press release after the jump.
[Source: GM]Continue reading GM full-size trucks earn industry's "only" 5-star side-impact rating
GM full-size trucks earn industry's "only" 5-star side-impact rating originally appeared on Autoblog on Wed, 26 Sep 2007 12:32:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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You have to watch those PR folk, their inclination to spin the facts can sometimes cause people to see what's not there. Take for instance news released today that the 2008 Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra 1500 both received top five-star side-impact safety ratings from the National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration. The release states that GM's GMT-900 pickups are now the only full-size pickups with five stars for side-impacts in the industry. This is true, but only because none of the other pickups have been rated yet. If you check the NHTSA's safercar.gov website, which hosts the crash test ratings for every vehicle tested, you'll find that the 2008 Ford F-150, Dodge Ram, Toyota Tundra and Nissan Titan are all listed as "Not Rated" when it comes to side-impact crash tests, and neither are models of each pickup from previous years. So while GM's claim is true, one shouldn't also assume its competition isn't just as safe in a side-impact crash until the NHTSA side-impact crash test proves otherwise.
View the full press release after the jump.
[Source: GM]Continue reading GM full-size trucks earn industry's "only" 5-star side-impact rating
GM full-size trucks earn industry's "only" 5-star side-impact rating originally appeared on Autoblog on Wed, 26 Sep 2007 12:32:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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