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2002 Car Guide
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Our Criteria
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- Personal injury
loss statistics that are average, better-than-average, or substantially
better-than-average based on insurance company loss experience from the
Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.
- Driver Death Rate statistics that are average, better-than-average,
or substantially better-than-average based on information from the
Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.
- Collision loss statistics that are average, better-than-average,
or substantially better-than-average based on insurance company loss
experience from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.
- Overall Crashworthiness Evaluation of Good, Acceptable, or Marginal based
on recent Crash Test Data from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.
Recent data includes model years 1998 thru 2002. Vehicles which earned an
overall evaluation of "Poor" failed to meet this criteria.
- Dual front driver and passenger air bags as standard equipment. Many models
now include or offer side-impact air bags which are recommended.
- Four-Wheel Anti-Lock Brakes are standard equipment, or available as an extra-cost option.
- No rating increase has been assigned based on ERIE's Car Experience Rating (CER) program.
This program rates vehicles based on their overall physical damage loss experience.
- No high performance car or sports car surcharges apply.
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The vehicles which are listed below are recommended 2002 models based
on safety and insurance value projections. Approximate 2002 price
new ranges for these cars are shown in parentheses next to each model
name. Some models (and their pricing) will not be introduced until
later in the model year.
For 2002 we have expanded the information
provided for vehicles on this list. Following
the name and price range of each model
will be a pair of letters in parentheses.
The first letter will indicate if anti-lock
brakes are standard (S) equipment or optional
(O). The second letter indicates whether
side-impact air bags are standard (S),
optional (O), or not available (N). A third
letter is then listed (not in parentheses)
which provides the latest overall crashworthiness
score as tested by the Highway Loss Data
Institute. The letters used are (G) good,
(A) acceptable, and (M) marginal. For models
where crash test data was not available
the letters (N/A) are used.
* -- Indicates 2001
model year price(s). 2002 pricing not yet available.
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