Five minivan models have earned the 2011 Top Safety Pick award from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. The winners are the safest vehicles around, with better rollover crash protection than other models. Other qualifying factors include the highest ratings for side, frontal, and rear crash protection, along with electronic stability control. On the top [...]
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has named the 2012 Fiat 500 a Top Safety Pick for 2011. The new Fiat 500 joins eight Chrysler Group models that are Top Safety Picks by the IIHS for 2011. The IIHS recognizes vehicles that demonstrate “good” performance in front, side, rollover and rear crash test evaluations performed [...]
A new study by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) shows that SUV’s may have been a part of many fatal crashes a decade ago, but recent advancements have greatly improved the safety of these vehicles. The study compares how many people in minivans and cars were killed in two car crashes with pickups [...]
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety Top Safety Pick announced today that the 2012 Chevrolet Sonic has been awarded the Top Safety Pick by the agency. The Chevrolet Sonic has two more air bags than its subcompact competitors. The 2012 Sonic received a score of ‘good’ in all four types of tests performed, including frontal [...]
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety announced today that the new Audi A6 and the new 2012 Volkswagen Passat have both earned its top safety accolade following good performance for roof strength in rollover crashes. The award recognizes vehicles that earn the top rating of good for front, side, rollover, and rear crash protection, and [...]
The 2011 Dodge Durango has been awarded a “Top Safety Pick” for 2011 by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). As always, the IIHS recognizes vehicles that perform “good” in front, side, rollover and rear crash test evaluations performed at its Vehicle Research Center. Additionally, to be considered, vehicles also must have available electronic [...]
The new 2012 Saab 9-4X has earned the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s (IIHS) Top Safety Pick award. “The 9-4X is rated good in the Institute’s front, side, and rollover evaluations based on good performances for its structural twin, the Cadillac SRX,” the IIHS said. “A separate rear impact test was conducted for the seats/head [...]
The 2011 Infiniti EX35 has been awarded a Top Safety Pick by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). As usual, the rating is awarded to vehicles that achieve IIHS’ highest rating of “Good” in front, rear and side impact protection, are equipped with electronic stability control, and earn a good rating in roof strength. [...]
Saab hasn’t really been eating up any positive headlines as of lately. However, this piece of new should give the Swedish automaker a little boost of confidence. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety announced today that the 2011 Saab 9-5 has received its Top Safety Pick Award after earning a rating of good for performance [...]
According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, SUVs are now safer than cars of the same weight due to anti-rollover technologies pushed by automakers. The agency said in a report that SUVs in the 2006-2009 model years had a driver fatality rate half that of cars. “The rollover risk in SUVs used to outweigh their size/weight [...]
