Michael SimariCar and Driver
From the September 2020 issue of Car and Driver.
We’re pretty test forward at Car and Driver. If we’ve laid our hands on a car, we’ve probably also laid a VBox on it, taken it to a test track, and displayed the results in a graph that even loyal readers may struggle to decipher. We run so many tests that not all of them see the light of the printed page. Among them is the H-point test, which measures how high the driver’s hip (the “H”) is above the ground. When people talk about a command seating position, they’re talking about something with a high H-point.
The results displayed here show the distribution of H-points across segments. What’s the takeaway? In many segments, automakers benchmark the same set of vehicles, so there’s barely an inch of variation among them. One inch is a small distance, but the effect of moving a seat up or down that much can dramatically alter visibility. If you’re looking for the loftiest perch, don’t bother with heavy-duty pickup trucks. That honor lies with full-size vans.
Illustration by Clint FordCar and Driver
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