INSURANCE INSTITUTE FOR HIGHWAY SAFETY AWARDS 19 CARS, 8 SUVS WITH 2010 TOP SAFETY PICK
Good Rating for Rollover Protection is a New Requirement to Win **
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Nineteen cars and 8 SUVs earn the Insurance Institute for Highway
Safety’s TOP SAFETY PICK award for 2010. For the first time, good performance
in a roof strength test to measure protection in a rollover is required to
win. TOP SAFETY PICK recognizes vehicles that do the best job of protecting
people in front, side, rear and now rollover crashes based on good ratings in
Institute tests. Winners also must have electronic stability control, which
research shows significantly reduces crash risk. This is the second time the
Institute has tightened criteria since announcing the first recipients in
2005.
Subaru is the only manufacturer with a winner in all 4 vehicle classes in
which it competes. This automaker earns 5 awards for 2010. Ford and
subsidiary Volvo have 6 winners, and Volkswagen/Audi has 5. Chrysler earns 4
awards, continuing a recent trend of improving the crashworthiness of its
vehicles. Two new small cars, the Nissan Cube and Kia Soul, join the TOP
SAFETY PICK list for 2010.
“With the addition of our new roof strength evaluation, our crash test
results now cover all 4 of the most common kinds of crashes,” says Institute
president
vehicles that are on the top rung for safety.”
Not a single model from the world’s biggest automaker by sales is
represented among this year’s winners. Toyota and its Lexus and Scion
subsidiaries had a strong showing in 2009 with 11 winners but were shut out
for 2010. Four other manufacturers whose vehicles have earned TOP SAFETY PICK
in the past didn’t have a qualifying vehicle for 2010: BMW, Mazda,
Mitsubishi, and Saab.
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