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Modifying an SUV to be the safest possible family vehicle

I received a very thought provoking letter from a reader in Miami, Florida asking about the safest possible family vehicle. Readers, what are your thoughts? Dear Rob, My name is Diego, and I stumbled on to your post about vehicle height precisely researching on vehicle safety. My wife is pregnant and two months away from giving birth. My baby girl is not even born yet and I'm already a very overprotective father! As soon as I found out she was pregnant I bought her a Chevrolet Equinox, IIHS top safety in the SUV department. The other day I was thinking and I figured that there are trucks and SUVs out there that are a lot larger than my wife's SUV. So with the intent on my future princess being extremely well protected from the ever-so-common-in-Miami car accidents I want to buy and modify the safest vehicle I can. I was thinking on the lines of buying a Ford Excursion for its very large size and mass, maybe lifting it a few inches but also widening its stance to prevent the rol...