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«Adding Top Safety Pick criteria means we'll see fewer winners in 2010,» Lund says.
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After struggling with tougher Top Safety Pick criteria a year ago, manufacturers have bounced back with more winning options.
The 2017 Top Safety Pick + is issued to vehicles that have met all of the Top Safety Pick criteria and must offer headlights that earn at least an acceptable rating for visibility and lack of excessive glare.
To earn a 2015 Top Safety Pick +, a vehicle must meet Top Safety Pick criteria and score a basic, advanced or superior rating for front crash prevention
The results have prompted IIHS to consider instituting a passenger - side rating as part of its Top Safety Pick criteria.
«A number of automakers requested early tests, and based on our discussions with the automakers we believe that no other models would meet our Top Safety Pick criteria,» O'Neill says.
«A number of automakers requested early tests, and based on our discussions with the automakers we believe no other 2006 models would meet our Top Safety Pick criteria,» O'Neill says.
When those vehicles aren't equipped with the features, they still meet the regular Top Safety Pick criteria.
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 safety.
To qualify for Top Safety Pick +, a vehicle must meet the Top Safety Pick criteria, plus earn an advanced or superior rating for front crash prevention.
Not exact matches
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.
To earn the coveted Top Safety Pick + award, vehicles must meet the same criteria in addition to a headlight rating of «Good» or «Acceptable.»
Available LED headlights earned the minivan an «Acceptable» rating in the new - for - 2017 headlight effectiveness criteria, the minimum score needed to be named a Top Safety Pick +.
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 2014 Rogue meets each of these criteria with its «good» rating in all tests, and the optional forward collision warning means that 2014 Nissan Rogue SL models equipped with the Premium Package qualify for the Top Safety Pick + rating as well.
Following the roof crash test in 2010, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety is adding yet another strict test to the Top Safety Pick award criteria: a revised frontal crash test.
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has revised its criteria for selecting Top Safety Pick and Top Safety Pick + vehicles for 2014.
As an early - introduction 2018 model, this vehicle qualified for the 2017 TOP SAFETY PICK but it doesn't meet the tougher criteria for 2018 TOP SAFETY PICK.
«Automakers deserve credit for quickly rising to meet more - challenging criteria for Top Safety Pick,» says Adrian Lund, the Institute's president.
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.
If a vehicle meets all of those criteria they can be considered a Top Safety Pick, and with an «Acceptable» or «Good» headlight rating, they are bumped up to a Top Safety Pick +.
«Criteria to win are tough because TOP SAFETY PICK is intended to drive continued improvements such as top crash test ratings and rapid addition of electronic stability control, which is standard equipment on the TSX,» says Institute president Adrian Lund.
However, when not so equipped, they still meet the criteria for Top Safety Pick.
The Institute requires an advanced or better rating for front crash prevention as one of the criteria needed for a 2015 Top Safety Pick + award.
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.
The Institute began awarding Top Safety Pick for the 2006 model year with less stringent criteria than today.
These results are also now part of the criteria for the Institute's 2018 TOP SAFETY PICK PLUS award.
With the changes to the criteria, the number of Top Safety Pick + and Top Safety Pick winners falls from a combined 130 at the time of the initial announcement of 2013 winners to 39 for 2014.
IIHS has been awarding Top Safety Pick since the 2006 model year and has tightened criteria twice before this year.
[18][19] The Venza is also rated «Good» in the roof strength test, as a result the Venza also received the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety Top Safety Pick in 2010 and 2011 when roof strength became a criterion for receiving the award.
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.
Its strict criteria make it hard for vehicles to qualify for the prestigious Top Safety Pick + recognition.
The Honda Civic is the only small car among the 13 the Institute has evaluated that meets the criteria for a Top Safety Pick.
Vehicles that meet the crashworthiness criteria but have only a basic - rated front crash prevention system qualify for the second - tier award, Top Safety Pick.
The 2015 Civic had qualified for Top Safety Pick under the old criteria, while the previous generation of the RX had never been tested in the challenging small overlap front crash.
To qualify for 2014 Top Safety Pick +, a vehicle must meet those same criteria, plus earn a basic or higher rating for front crash prevention.
These vehicles meet all the same criteria as the Top Safety Pick minus the front crash prevention.
Azera meets the Top Safety Pick rating criteria by earning good ratings in a front and side crash test, rear impact test assessing whiplash protection and a roof strength test to measure occupant protection in rollover crashes.
«Criteria to win Top Safety Pick award are tough because they're intended to drive continued safety improvements such as high crash test ratings and rapid addition of ESC,» says Institute president AdrianSafety Pick award are tough because they're intended to drive continued safety improvements such as high crash test ratings and rapid addition of ESC,» says Institute president Adriansafety improvements such as high crash test ratings and rapid addition of ESC,» says Institute president Adrian Lund.
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.
An additional 17 earn Top Safety Pick by meeting the crashworthiness criteria alone.
IIHS toughened the criteria for Top Safety Pick + to reflect new headlight evaluations launched in 2016.
The «plus» is awarded to vehicles that meet all those criteria and also come with good or acceptable headlights (see «In the best light: 2017 Top Safety Pick + winners meet new headlight criteria,» Dec. 8, 2016).
Two all - electric vehicles fall short of meeting the Institute's awards criteria, but consumers who want to minimize gas consumption while also prioritizing safety can choose from two plug - in hybrids that earn the 2017 Top Safety Pick + safety can choose from two plug - in hybrids that earn the 2017 Top Safety Pick + Safety Pick + award.
Top Safety Pick + winners must meet those same criteria and also earn a basic, advanced or superior rating for front crash prevention.
Vehicles that meet those criteria and also earn a basic or higher rating for front crash prevention qualify for the Top Safety Pick + award.