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2016 Nissan Sentra Earns Top Safety Pick+ from the IIHS
2016 Nissan Sentra Earns Top Safety Pick+ from the IIHS

7 Apr 2016, 08:52 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The Nissan Sentra has proved its crashworthiness in the latest rounds of tests performed by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety

 
2016 Toyota Prius Named IIHS Top Safety Pick Plus, Here's the Crash Test Footage
2016 Toyota Prius Named IIHS Top Safety Pick Plus, Here's the Crash Test Footage

31 Mar 2016, 15:46 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The 4th generation of the Toyota Prius has brought significant safety advances compared to the previous model, in terms of both passive and active aspects

 
2016 Kia Optima Earns Top Safety Pick+ Award, Headlights Deemed Poor by the IIHS
2016 Kia Optima Earns Top Safety Pick+ Award, Headlights Deemed Poor by the IIHS

31 Mar 2016, 09:37 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The 2016 Kia Optima mid-size sedan is a safe car in the event of a crash, albeit its headlights are rubbish according to the IIHS

 
Automatic Braking to Be Mandatory on All New U.S. Cars by September 2022
Automatic Braking to Be Mandatory on All New U.S. Cars by September 2022

18 Mar 2016, 10:48 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Cars are getting safer from model year to model year, yet there is room for improvement. That improvement is a mandatory autonomous emergency braking

 
2016 Volkswagen Golf Earns 5-Star Safety Rating from the NHTSA
2016 Volkswagen Golf Earns 5-Star Safety Rating from the NHTSA

27 Feb 2016, 17:24 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The 2016 Volkswagen Golf is a very safe compact hatchback. After the IIHS' Top Safety Pick+, the NHTSA awarded it 5 stars for its crashworthiness

 
A Guide to IIHS's Safest Cars of 2015 for the US Market
A Guide to IIHS's Safest Cars of 2015 for the US Market

26 Feb 2016, 20:58 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / We've compiled a guide of the safest cars tested by the NHTSA and IIHS last year for the US market. Only those that got the Top Safety Pick Plus award are on it

 
2017 Audi Q7 Aces Crash Test, Earns Top Safety Pick+ Award from the IIHS
2017 Audi Q7 Aces Crash Test, Earns Top Safety Pick+ Award from the IIHS

26 Feb 2016, 09:11 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / This may not come as a surprise to you, but the most luxurious SUV made by Audi is as safe as it gets in all five IIHS crash tests

 
Top 10 Safest SUVs on the US Market in 2016
Top 10 Safest SUVs on the US Market in 2016

12 Feb 2016, 20:19 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / In the market for a MY 2016 SUV? We've put together a list of the safest SUVs tested by the NHTSA and IIHS. Only those that got the best ratings are listed

 
IIHS Says Cars Are Safer than Ever
IIHS Says Cars Are Safer than Ever

10 Dec 2015, 18:30 UTC · By: Mircea Iordache / 61 cars received the Top Safety Pick+ accolade from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. Nine of them were Toyotas and eight were Hondas

 
Volvo Leads Premium Segment with Most IIHS Top Safety Pick Ratings
Volvo Leads Premium Segment with Most IIHS Top Safety Pick Ratings

10 Dec 2015, 13:49 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / The Swedish carmaker prides itself on being the premium brand with the most IIHS Top Safety Pick Ratings attained last year

 
2016 Volkswagen Passat Gets IIHS Top Safety Pick Plus Rating
2016 Volkswagen Passat Gets IIHS Top Safety Pick Plus Rating

10 Dec 2015, 09:28 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / IIHS crash-tested the 2016 Volkswagen Passat and awarded it with a Top Safety Pick Plus rating. The score was attained by a car with optional safety equipment

 
BMW 3 Series Facelift Gets Tested by IIHS, Doesn't Get Top Safety Pick Rating
BMW 3 Series Facelift Gets Tested by IIHS, Doesn't Get Top Safety Pick Rating

4 Dec 2015, 14:35 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / The IIHS tested the new BMW 3 Series facelift, but the premium sedan didn't impress the organization. One of the ratings received was Marginal

 
IIHS Developing Headlight Tests for 2016, Links "Steerable" Beams to Safety
IIHS Developing Headlight Tests for 2016, Links "Steerable" Beams to Safety

30 Nov 2015, 13:37 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The safety institute is working on independent tests for headlight systems that will debut in 2016. By 2017, a good score could become mandatory

 
2016 Fiat 500X Earns IIHS Top Safety Pick+, First Fiat to Get This Title
2016 Fiat 500X Earns IIHS Top Safety Pick+, First Fiat to Get This Title

7 Oct 2015, 16:06 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The European cousin of the Jeep Renegade has recently visited the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, passing the crash tests with flying colors

 
2016 Hyundai Tucson Aces IIHS Crash Tests, Gets Maximum Safety Rating
2016 Hyundai Tucson Aces IIHS Crash Tests, Gets Maximum Safety Rating

25 Sep 2015, 13:39 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The new Tucson is much safer than the old one, which experienced 16 inches of body intrusing in the small overlap test

 
2016 Volvo XC90 Gets Top Safety Rating from the IIHS. Check Out the Crash Video!
2016 Volvo XC90 Gets Top Safety Rating from the IIHS. Check Out the Crash Video!

18 Sep 2015, 16:58 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Both Euro NCAP and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) found the all-new Volvo XC90 is a leader in crash protection

 
2016 Scion iA Gets Top Safety Pick Plus Safety Rating from IIHS
2016 Scion iA Gets Top Safety Pick Plus Safety Rating from IIHS

15 Sep 2015, 17:32 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The Scion iA is basically a Mazda2 sedan made in Mexico with a different grille. The IIHS praised it for the standard level of safety

 
The Study We All Dreaded Is Here: Speed Cameras Can Reduce the Number of Accidents
The Study We All Dreaded Is Here: Speed Cameras Can Reduce the Number of Accidents

1 Sep 2015, 09:43 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / It's kind of logic that they can, but it's now been proven by a fully-implemented project and the results could take it to a nation-wide scale

 
2016 Honda Pilot Aces the Small Overlap IIHS Crash Test, Earns Top Safety Pick+
2016 Honda Pilot Aces the Small Overlap IIHS Crash Test, Earns Top Safety Pick+

27 Aug 2015, 15:00 UTC · By: Tudor Rus / Honda made the 2016 Pilot a better car, not just from a visual point of view but also in terms of safety, an aspect crucial for customers

 
2015 Toyota Prius c Is Only “Acceptably” Safe, IIHS Small Overlap Crash Test Shows
2015 Toyota Prius c Is Only “Acceptably” Safe, IIHS Small Overlap Crash Test Shows

7 Aug 2015, 08:02 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The Toyota Prius c follows many other cars that had received “Good” ratings for all the other tests and have stepped down to “Acceptable” for this one