Faqs

Sometimes the Fatality Analysis Reporting System, where The Auto Professor gets its data, doesn’t always have enough information to create a personalized Auto Grade. This is especially common [...]

You need a personal Auto Grade because not all people are protected equally in all cars. Why? Because we become more vulnerable as we age – our vascular system stiffens, our muscles atrophy, and [...]

The Auto Professor uses data from the gold standard in car crash statistics: the Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS). The data is based on real-life crash information, not controlled lab [...]

When insurance companies calculate premiums, the amount of risk each driver presents is what matters. In the case of teenagers, young drivers are inexperienced. This lack of experience means they [...]

We believe that the best minivan from 2019 is the safest minivan. And that depends on who the driver is; male or female, older or younger. As the comparison of Toyota Sienna and GMC Savana show, [...]

It is the same as the safest seat in a minivan: the middle seat in the second row. If there is no middle seat (as some minivans have only captains’ chairs there), The Auto Professor believes that [...]

The best seat, whether using a seat belt or a child safety seat, is securely buckled and as close to the middle as possible. This is true for any vehicle. The safest seat in a minivan is second [...]

The four models listed above are the safest minivan in all three years (2018, 2019, and 2020). They have all earned Auto Grades of A or A- across the board.

We are often asked, “what is the safest compact SUV?” As the table above shows, there are many safe compact SUVs from which to choose. These are the compact SUVs in years 2018, 2019 and 2020 that [...]

Auto Grades from The Auto Professor make it super easy to compare SUVs by their safety ratings. It’s like the grades you got back in school: Go for the A! If you’d like to know more about our [...]