“We are very pleased that the IIHS has recognized the safety of both the Chevrolet Equinox and GMC Terrain with this prestigious rating.”Įquinox and Terrain previously were named Top Safety Picks. “Having the only two midsize SUVs that earned the Top Safety Pick Plus designation speaks to GM’s focus on improving our vehicles by offering advanced crash avoidance technologies that can help avoid a crash, and by enhancing vehicle structure and occupant protection if a crash occurs,” said Gay Kent, director of General Motors Global Safety Strategy and Vehicle Programs. The test, in which 25 percent of a vehicle's front end on the driver side strikes a 1.524 m (5-foot) high rigid barrier at 64 km/h (40 mph), is designed to replicate what happens when the front corner of a vehicle strikes another vehicle or an object like a tree or a utility pole. The Equinox and Terrain join the 2014 Chevrolet Malibu midsize sedan, with similar technology, in earning the institute’s highest safety rating. Oshawa, Ontario (Tuesday, April 08, 2014) – The Canadian built Chevrolet Equinox and GMC Terrain with available forward collision alert technology, earned 2014 Top Safety Pick+ ratings from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety in the United States, the only midsize SUVs of nine evaluated to earn Good ratings in the Institute’s small overlap front crash test.
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