The U.S. Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) today announced that crash test results for model year 2004 sport utility vehicles (SUV) are posted on the agency's World Wide Web site, www.safercar.gov. The Infiniti FX35, Saturn VUE and Toyota Highlander received the government's top rating in both the frontal and side-impact crash tests.

New 2004 frontal impact ratings for SUVs are provided for the Cadillac SRX 4x4 sport utility, Dodge Durango 4x4 sport utility, GMC Envoy XUV 4x4 sport utility, Infiniti FX35/45 4x4 sport utility, Saturn VUE 4x4 sport utility, Toyota Highlander 4x4 sport utility, and the Toyota Rav4 4x4 sport utility.

New 2004 side impact ratings for SUVs are provided for the Buick Rainier 4x4 sport utility, Cadillac SRX 4x4 sport utility, Chevrolet Trailblazer 4x4 sport utility, GMC Envoy 4x4 sport utility, Infiniti FX35 4x4 sport utility, Isuzu Ascender 4x4 sport utility, Oldsmobile Bravada 4x4 sport utility, Toyota Highlander 4x4 sport utility, and the Volkswagen Touareg 4x4 sport utility.

A fact sheet containing explanatory information and tables showing New Car Assessment Program (NCAP) crash test results for recently released model year 2004 vehicles can be obtained by calling the NHTSA Auto Safety Hotline, 1?888?327?4236; or by writing to NHTSA Consumer Information, Room 5320, 400 Seventh St., S.W., Washington, DC 20590. Crash test information is available at NHTSA's web site by clicking on "Crash Tests" under "Popular Information" in the index on the left side of the screen.

Information Provided by www.nhtsa.dot.gov