THIS PAPER DESCRIBES 4 TYPES OF TESTS CARRIED OUT ON THE CALSPAN/CHRYSLER RSV (C-RSV) BY THE JAPAN AUTOMOBILE RESEARCH INSTITUTE. DETAILS ARE GIVEN OF THE FOUR TESTS WHICH CONSISTED OF: COLLISION TESTS BETWEEN THE C-RSV'S AND JAPANESE PASSENGER CARS WHICH INCLUDED A FRONTAL COLLISION TEST, TWO SIDE COLLISION TESTS AND A REAR-END COLLISION TEST. AS A CONTROL TEST, ANOTHER SIDE COLLISION TEST BETWEEN JAPANESE PASSENGER CARS WAS ALSO CARRIED OUT. HANDLING, STABILITY AND BRAKING PERFORMANCE TESTS ON NINE ITEMS CONNECTED WITH HANDLING AND STABILITY, AND ON THREE ITEMS CONNECTED WITH THE BRAKING PERFORMANCE OF THE C-RSV'S. VISIBILITY TESTS COMPRISING OF DIRECT VISION TESTS, FIELD OF INDIRECT VISION TESTS AND LIGHTING EQUIPMENT TESTS. FUEL ECONOMY TESTS - "EPA/COMBINED TEST" AND THE "10-MODE TEST" BASED ON THE "SAFETY REGULATIONS FOR ROAD VEHICLES" SET FORTH BY THE MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT (MOT) OF JAPAN WERE CONDUCTED. FOR THE COVERING ABSTRACT OF SECTION 3, SEE IRRD 266048. FOR THE COVERING ABSTRACT OF THE CONFERENCE SEE IRRD 266046.
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