Insurance Institute for Highway Safety Gives BRITAX Boosters High Ratings
, President of BRITAX. "We work to develop car seats that can accommodate older, larger children while still offering the most advanced safety features. These favorable IIHS ratings for our entire line of BRITAX combination and booster seats reflect our long-standing commitment to keeping children safe."The BRITAX FRONTIER 85 SICT and FRONTIER 85 Combination Harness-2-Booster seats allow children who weigh up to 120 pounds to ride in booster mode. The booster seats accommodate older children and have unique features to help parents ensure a correct fit. Color-coded vehicle belt guides, arm rests and an option to add the SecureGuard™ accessory, help position the booster seats properly and safely secure the child. Additional features including Side Impact Cushion Technology® on the FRONTIER 85 SICT and True Side Impact Protection® on both the FRONTIER 85 SICT and FRONTIER 85 divert crash forces away from the child.
The BRITAX PARKWAY SGL and PARKWAY SG belt-positioning booster seats feature SecureGuard™, color-coded vehicle belt guides to indicate the path and positioning of the vehicle lap and shoulder seat belt, and arm rests to provide a secure fit and proper belt positioning. Both booster seats have True Side Impact Protection® which deflects crash forces away from the child. The PARKWAY SGL is equipped with the ISOFLEX Flexible Lower LATCH Connection System which secures the booster seat to the vehicle, prevents it from becoming a projectile when not in use, and stabilizes it during a crash.
2011 Hyundai Elantra, budget-friendly, with good looks and innovative features
Hyundai is one of the biggest success stories in the automotive world recently, and it's been fun to watch the Korean automaker's evolution over the past eight years that I've been in this industry. People used to think of this brand as not only budget-friendly, but also -- dare I say -- cheap.
Today, Hyundai cars are still considered budget-friendly as well as safe, well-built, cutting-edge and packed full of useful features and technology; the 2011 Hyundai Elantra is no exception.
Jump into the redesigned 2011 Elantra and you might think you're in a midsize sedan. The fit and finish inside the car and its many features exceeded my expectations for a $20,830 car.
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The Elantra's 1.8-liter four-cylinder engine has enough power for getting around town easily, but while driving it from Denver to Telluride, Colo., I noticed a lack of power. There was a slight lag in acceleration when I tried to punch it to pass a semitrailer holding up traffic over a mountain pass. I also noticed a bit of floatiness in the suspension at highway speed, allowing bumps in the road to reverberate through the cabin for a second rather than being dampened out instantaneously. The manual sport mode option was a fantastic feature on my mountain drive, allowing me to quickly and smoothly downshift to help mediate speeds while coming down steep passes.