marginal or poor rating for protection. reporter: at 40 miles an hour the overlap protection test measures when the front of the corner collides with another vehicle or object like a tree or pole, earning marginal scores, mazda 2, kia rio, toyota yaris. and poor scores, mitsubishi mirage, nissan ver sa and hond da fit. in nearly every car, the vehicle collapsed. in some case the dummy s head hit the instrument panel. most of the car manufacturers said their vehicles met or exceed government safety standards. we move on to business where investors are looking ahead to earnings report to big names mike microsoft, samsung, starbucks and mcdonald s, yesterday stocks so you mix mixed results after unimpressive numbers. samson pearson is live in d.c.. the bonus checks are about to
2010. they say they met the standards. fwhut a june 3rd letter to chrysler, the agency said bluntly, the existence of a minimum standard does not require nhtsa to ignore deadly problems. chrysler responded in a statement saying, we believe nhtsa s initial conclusions are based on an incomplete analysis of the underlying data and we re committed to continuing working with the agency to resolve this disagreement. but it s the dat why that is scaring some consumer advocates. the center for auto safety says it s data shows the risk of fire for a grand cherokee in the model years in question is more than 20 times greater than the risk in a comparable ford explorer. chrysler says their gas tanks on these vehicles were built according to government safety standards available at this time and basically that there is no problem that the number of people who died in rear end collisions is far lower than safety organizations are alleging. and at any rate, it s less than
built according to government safety standards. why are some advocates saying jeep grand cherokees are 20 times more likely to catch fire? plus, a billboard bust. the woman miguel kicked in the head during a show may now have brain damage. this morning, she is awaiting a doctor s report will miguel be sued? and delivery by drone? domino s taking to the sky with your pie. we re live in the cnn newsroom. and good morning to you. and thank you so much for being with me, we ll get to the bombshell in baseball in just a minu
statement saying, we believe in ntsa s initial conclusions are based on an incomplete analysis of the underlying data and we are committed to working with the agency to resolve this agreement. the center for auto safety says its data shows the risk of fire for a grand cherokee in the model years in question is more than 20 times later than the risk in a comparable ford explorer. chrysler contend their gas tanks on these vehicles were built according to government safety standards built at this time and basically there is no problem. the number of people that died in rear-end collisions is far lower than safety organizations are alleging and at any rate it s less than the industry average for that type of vehicle built at that time. reporter: recalls aren t unusual. but this is the first time since 1996 an auto maker has challenged a recall demand from the tfsa. case also involved chrysler and the company prevailed in a
minimum standards for rear end collisions. but in a june 3rd letter from nhtsa to chrysler the agency said bluntly, quote, the existence of a minimum standard does not require nhtsa to ignore deadly problems. chrysler responded in a statement saying, we believe that nhtsa s initial conclusions are based on an incomplete analysis of the underlying data. and we are committed to continue working with the agency to resolve this disagreement. but it s the data that s scaring some consumer advocates. the center for auto safety says its data shows the risk of fire for a grand cherokee in the model years in question is more than 20 times greater than the risk in a comparable ford explorer. chrysler contends that their gas tanks on these vehicles were built according to government safety standards available at this time and basically that there is no problem. that the number of people who ve died in rear end collisions is far lower than safety organizations are alleging. and that at any rate