The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) implemented more rigorous standards for the Top Safety Pick+ back in September, and new models have been called out to receive their highest rating. This is also the case for the Subaru Forester, Legacy and Outback that, thanks to the EyeSight Technology, have been named, amongst other 22
The American authorities are well known for the amount of stress they can put on a car’s safety or fuel economy levels. This is actually a problem for some manufacturers. Not for the Koreans at Hyundai though. They’ve actually got some great news, their 2012 Azera sedan got its seal of approval from the IIHS.
Following a path carved by the 2011 Mini Countryman, Mazda’s 3 was recently acclaimed as Top Safety Pick under the IIHS crash testing program. The Insurance Istitute for Highway Safety does some pretty rigorous testing (as the photos clearly state) so the Japanese can be proud of their small sedan fir the award it’s just
Apart from fuel economy, nowadays it’s almost impossible to find anything more important among the car buying public than safety. Kia’s 2011 Optima scored top points with the NHTSA testing so Mini’s Contryman wining appraisal from the IIHS ‘Top Safety Pick’ couldn’t have gone unnoticed.
When one thinks about a small, compact car the thought about a compromise in the safety department comes into mind because of the size and need to incorporate many things in less space. Well, we can safely say that things are beginning to get better here. Let’s take for example the case of the 2011
Cadillac has a very good reason to be proud of itself because it’s 2011 Cadillac CTS model was chosen by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety to be awarded the Top Safety Pick (among other models like the 2011 Infinity M). Thus, according to Cadillac Marketing vice president Don Butler, the CTS will be holding
The Insurance Institute of Highway Safety has awarded it’s fifteenth midsize SUV the Top Safety Pick. The winner takes the form of the 2010 Cadillac SRX, which will take it’s place among the Audi Q5, Dodge Journey, the 2011 Jeep Cherokee, Chevrolet Equinox, GMC Terrain, Volvo XC60, Ford Flex, Kia Sorento, Lexus RS, Volvo XC90,
New Ford Taurus does not really need to get an award before you can be sure of how skilled is in the sector of safety, but it’s good that this fact is alsoconfirmed officially. So, recently, the Taurus received from NHTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) five stars for driver and front passenger, as well
