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2015 Genesis Awarded IIHS’ Top Safety Pick Plus

May 8, 2014June 8, 2016 Car Journals

First-Ever Rear-Wheel Drive Luxury Sedan to Earn Highest Safety Rating All-new Automatic Emergency Braking Receives Highest Rating FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., May 7, 2014 – Hyundai’s award-winning 2015 Genesis sedan continues segment leadership as the first and only rear-wheel drive vehicle in its class to receive the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s (IIHS) highest honor as a 2014 TOP SAFETY PICK+ when equipped with optional front crash prevention. Genesis is also the first rear-wheel drive luxury sedan to earn a Good rating in the small overlap crash test. IIHS rates vehicles…

Top score in U.S. crash test for Audi A3 Sedan

March 28, 2014June 8, 2016 Car Journals

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) rated the Audi A3 Sedan* Top Safety Pick+. The new model is thus also one of the safest automobiles on the market in the U.S.A. The IIHS awarded the Audi A3 Sedan the top score of “Good” in all crash disciplines rated. The rating is based on a frontal collision with 40 percent overlap (moderate overlap), a frontal collision with 25 percent overlap (small overlap), a side impact, roof strength and a rear impact. “The Top Safety Pick+ award for the A3 Sedan…

Volvo S80 awarded a 2014 Top Safety Pick+ by IIHS

December 21, 2013June 8, 2016 Car Journals

The Volvo S80 sedan has earned a 2014 Top Safety Pick+ accolade by the U.S. Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). Previously, the Volvo S60, XC60 and XC90 received a 2013 Top Safety Pick+ ranking, when IIHS extended its scope by integrating the small overlap test in 2012. The S80 Top Safety Pick+ results include good performance in the small overlap front test, which replicates what happens when the front corner of a vehicle strikes another vehicle or object, such as a tree or a utility pole – a very…