| 1. |
FY 1994 - 1996 FMVSS 214
compliance test results are available and the vehicles
currently available for purchase are unchanged in anyway
which would affect the test results. This will allow the
comparative ranking of each vehicle according to FMVSS
214 and ECE 95.
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| 2a. |
If eight vehicles are tested, four
will be 4-door and four will be 2-door. If six vehicle
are tested four will be 4-door and two will be 2-door.
These ratios, as closely as possible, match the 6:4 ratio
of 4-door to 2-door in the general vehicle population,
while being consistent with criteria #2b [4].
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| 2b. |
Within each vehicle type, i.e., 4-door
and 2-door half the vehicles will have a front TTI(d)
result as low as possible and half will be as high as
possible. Including a range of performance in the test
matrix will provide the most useful comparative data
between vehicles and standards.
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| 3. |
MY 1997 side impact NCAP test
results are available for the vehicles. This will provide
an additional comparative data set at a higher
performance level for the current test program and
possible future ECE 95 testing at a higher performance
level.
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| 4. |
All U.S. manufacturers will be
represented by vehicles that they or their subsidiaries
make and/or sell. As many foreign manufacturers as
possible will be represented.
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| 5. |
The highest production vehicles
will be represented.
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| 6. |
All major types of side protection
restraint systems will be represented, i.e., side air bag.
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