Six Star Magazine Six Star Magazine Winter 2009/2010 Outback | Page 21

SAFETY RECOGNITION

WE’RE
ON A ROLL
ACES NEW
ROOF STRENGTH TESTS.
2010 TOP SAFETY PICK – INSURANCE
INSTITUTE FOR HIGHWAY SAFETY (IIHS)
Forester also achieves top marks in IIHS’s new roof
strength rating system (rollover protection).

The Subaru Forester is one of just four small SUVs to earn top
marks in the new roof strength rating system conducted by
the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). Since vehicles
designed with stronger roofs generally crush less, reducing the
risk that people will be seriously injured by contact with the roof
itself in a rollover collision, the IIHS is encouraging manufacturers
to make improvements by introducing this new rating system.
In order to achieve top marks in rollover protection, roofs must
be more than twice as strong as those required by minimum U.S.
federal safety standards. They must also be able to withstand a
force of four times the weight of the vehicle before reaching five
inches of crush. The Institute estimates that s