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It's becoming tougher and tougher to earn the highest «Top Safety Pick +» rating from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) as the organization introduces more stringent criteria each year.
Stay tuned for more news from the IIHS on which vehicles will qualify for the Top Safety Pick + rating under the new criteria.
By earning a Top Safety Pick + rating, the 2015 Hyundai Genesis proved well - equipped to handle the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's (IIHS) now - stricter criteria.
It remains to be seen whether the Hyundai Sonata will still be a Top Safety Pick + under the revised IIHS criteria that's set to go into effect in 2015.
The IIHS gave the 2015 Outlander the «Top Safety Pick +» rating, with the model getting the top «Good» rating for all criteria, as well as the «Advanced» rating for front crash prevention thanks to the optional Forward Collision Mitigation System.
Under the IIHS ratings program, a front crash prevention system with autobrake is one of the criteria required to earn a Top Safety Pick + award.
With the small overlap test now incorporated into the basic Top Safety Pick criteria, IIHS is using the Top Safety Pick + designation to reward manufacturers that provide the next level of sSafety Pick criteria, IIHS is using the Top Safety Pick + designation to reward manufacturers that provide the next level of sSafety Pick + designation to reward manufacturers that provide the next level of safetysafety.
IIHS has been awarding Top Safety Pick since the 2006 model year and has tightened criteria twice before this year.
The Insurance Institute of Highway Safety (IIHS) announced earlier this year that it would include a new passenger - side crash test as part of its criteria for the coveted Top Safety Pick + award.
To highlight acceptable to good performance in the new crash criterion of small overlap, the IIHS has up rated its Top Safety Pick award by adding on a plus sign (+).
Toyota also pointed out that the Prius v has previously been awarded an IIHS Top Safety Pick — which accounts for many criteria except small overlap.
The results have prompted IIHS to consider instituting a passenger - side rating as part of its Top Safety Pick criteria.
The Tesla Model S and the BMW i3 fall short of meeting IIHS awards criteria, but two plug - in hybrids earn the 2017 Top Safety Pick + award.
IIHS toughened the criteria for Top Safety Pick + to reflect new headlight evaluations launched in 2016.
Forward collision warning systems that meet performance criteria set by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and autobrake systems that provide only minimal speed reduction in IIHS tests earn a basic rating.
CX - 5's standard Smart City Brake Support and the effectiveness of its standard LED headlights were both instrumental to CX - 5 earning top scores in the latest, strictest additions to IIHS's safety criteria.
IIHS has updated its recommendations for used vehicles for teens, and the list has grown by more than 50 percent, even though the price and safety criteria haven't changed.
«Just as we are always updating the criteria for our awards for new vehicles, Top Safety Pick and Top Safety Pick +, we can now point used vehicle buyers toward even safer models than before,» says David Zuby, IIHS executive vice president and chief research officer.