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IIHS Top Safety Pick+ Award Goes To Five Cars
Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) is an organization from the United States whose function is to set vehicle safety standards and rate them based on various parameters by performing crash tests. Some of the vehicle crash tests conducted by IIHS include moderate overlap front test, frontal offset impact test, small overlap offset test, side impact test, rollover test, rear impact and head restraint tests.
Based
on
how
cars
perform
in
these
tests
IIHS
awards
Top
Safety
Pick
and
Top
Safety
Pick+
awards,
with
the
latter
being
awarded
to
cars
that
pass
with
Good
scores
in
four
out
of
five
tests
and
no
less
than
Acceptable
in
the
fifth.
Following
are
five
cars
from
2013
that
have
been
added
to
the
list.
2013 Honda Civic Sedan
"The Honda Civic, the first small car to earn the TOP SAFETY PICK+ award, received significant front structure upgrades to improve small overlap performance," says IIHS.
2013 Honda Civic Coupe
Same as its 4 door cousin, the two door scores Good ratings in all tests, thanks to the recent upgrade it received.
2013 Volvo XC60
A midsize luxury SUV, Volvo updated the airbag algorithm to deploy the side curtain airbag in the small overlap test.
2013 Lincoln MKZ
A mid size luxury sedan, the Lincoln MKZ has received Acceptable rating in the small overlap front test.
2013 Mazda 6
Lastly, another mid size sedan, with a reasonable price tag, the Mazda6, like the Lincoln has received Acceptable rating in the small overlap front test.