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What is the best car safety rating system?
By Jasmine Holmes
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Posted November 12, 2019

What is the best car safety rating system?

Auto Grades is the best safety rating system because it is personal. Based on real crash statistics, you can get ratings by gender and age. No other rating systems lets you compare all cars [...]

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What does a Top Safety Pick+ mean?
By Jasmine Holmes
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Posted November 12, 2019

What does a Top Safety Pick+ mean?

A Top Safety Pick+ rating means that the car performed very well in some laboratory tests.  The symbol “+” is given when equipped with certain headlights and driver assist technologies. But buyer [...]

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What does a 5-Star Safety rating mean?
By Jasmine Holmes
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Posted November 12, 2019

What does a 5-Star Safety rating mean?

A 5-Star Safety rating means that the car performed very well in some laboratory tests. But buyer beware. These ratings are not very general. The ratings of sedans cannot be compared to ratings [...]

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What is the difference between the Star Safety ratings and the Top Safety Picks?
By Jasmine Holmes
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Posted November 12, 2019

What is the difference between the Star Safety ratings and the Top Safety Picks?

Both base their ratings on crashes in a laboratory, they just use different types of crashes. Both ratings are within certain classes, such as small sedans or midsize SUVs. The ratings cannot be [...]

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