By Robert Mann (Oldscout) on Thursday, December 06, 2001 - 01:00 pm: Edit

Back to the drawing board DC!
http://www.autoweek.com/cat_content.mv?port_code=autoweek&cat_code=carnews&loc_code=index&content_code=02945750

By Bluegill (Bluegill) on Thursday, December 06, 2001 - 01:06 pm: Edit

They cracked their egg!...but give this quote from above link a quick read:

Hundreds of cars and trucks have undergone this same test, with the same two drivers using the same methods, since 1992. Only the Liberty has rolled over, though two other SUVs—the BMW X5 in July 2000 and the Land Rover Discovery in August 1999—lifted two wheels off the pavement, an event engineers refer to as TWL (two-wheel lift). Both the BMW and Land Rover were tested at Pomona Fairgrounds; testing moved to the California Speedway early this year, in part because the pavement is of better quality.

By Discosaurus (Discosaurus) on Thursday, December 06, 2001 - 04:12 pm: Edit

I'll betcha I can out do AW's 2 rolls with my slinky spring D1 on the cone course.

hehehe

boing

By William Turner (Wturner) on Thursday, December 06, 2001 - 05:15 pm: Edit

Does anyone know how many stars out of that 5 star roll over test that the Disco, BMW, or Range got?????

Those are the only 3 I care to know about

I really like that BMW though it is only a race car with a big body!

By sman on Thursday, December 06, 2001 - 07:56 pm: Edit

the NHTSA rollover rating is meaningless, it's a tilt table static test not a dynamic test. I gives good ratings to cars that have the most rollovers such a corvettes and camaros. the vast majority of rollovers are one car accidents that begin with leaving the road. driver factors are the best correlates.