Are there stability ratings for SUVs?

Are there stability ratings for SUVs?

where can I find stability ratings for SUV's (not the Euro Encap)

Our answer:

Hi Paraic,

Do you mean which SUVs have electronic stability control fitted? Stability control has been a standard legislated requirement since 2012 on all new models and many will have had it as standard before that, although of course there are some variations with older cars. If you mean stability in a more subjective sense, then most current SUVs are based on low-slung car chassis so there is far less danger of the sorts of 'rollover' accidents that were common on larger vehicles, mostly in the US market, in the late nineties and early 2000s. Nonetheless, we don't know of any stability rating system as such.

Shane O'Donoghue

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