Hoovey689

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Ford F-150, Toyota Tundra earn IIHS Top Safety Pick Awards

Like their body-on-frame SUV cousins, full-size pickup trucks are more prone to roll over than a standard passenger car. That's exactly why it's so important to have a vehicle that earns good marks in roof-strength tests. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has just released the data on its recent volley of tests on full-size pickup trucks, and both the 2011 Ford F-150 and 2011 Toyota Tundra earned the coveted Top Safety Pick designation. The vehicles earned the highest possible rating of 'good' in the institutes crush test, where a large steel plate is pressed against one corner of the roof to calculate a strength-to-weight ratio.

Meanwhile, the 2011 Nissan Titan took home an acceptable rating in the rollover evaluation while the 2011 Chevrolet Silverado, 2011 GMC Sierra and 2011 Ram 1500 netted marginal scores.

IIHS says that the roof on the Toyota Tundra stood up to 4.5 times the truck's weight while the F-150 handled 4.7 times the pressure. A vehicle must withstand 4 times its weight before five-inches of crush is detected before being awarded a Good rating.

http://www.autoblog.com/2011/05/12/f...y-pick-awards/

Kira X

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That's impressive! These are my two favorite trucks out right now. It's good to know that if it rolls over, I won't get crushed instantly.

84Cressida

I like how the oldest truck here (Titan) still got a better rating than a newer (GM) and brand-new (Ram) competitor. The Ram's ratings woefully laughable. It also got a terrible rating in the new NHTSA tests.

GS69

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Hoovey689

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^^ great info GS69. Thanks for sharing!