03-20-2007, 07:31 AM
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Originally Posted by 91MR2quickNA
That's not entirely correct. At its debut in fall of 1999, the Tundra scored a mediocre 3 star rating. After 2 or 3 years it jumped to 4 stars, then at its mid-cycle refresh in 2005, it garnered a 4 star driver rating, 5 star passenger rating, and 5 star side impact rating. The rollover rating was 3 stars for the years tested.
I find it interesting that the Tacoma, with the same type of "Triple-Tech" frame design, fares better than the Tundra with an all around 5 star rating and IIHS best pick. The engineers are probably working overtime right now.
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Hey, I was close 
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