We’ve reported on the 2011 Hyundai Sonata before, but now the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has given one of its coveted “Top Safety Pick” awards to the new model. The IIHS only gives Top Safety Picks to those cars which include Electronic Stability Control and garner “good” scores in all front, side and rear crash tests. With its new look and engines, and now this award, the Sonata looks like it’ll be a great seller for Hyundai in 2010. Note that this is also the first Sonata to receive the Top Safety Pick award.
by John Suit
Source: IIHS
Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood (pictured) has gotten some good TV time this week. First he warned American drivers of Toyota’s recalled vehicles to park them immediately. Shortly thereafter, he retracted part of that statement in a “clarification” in which he told drivers to get their recalled cars to Toyota dealerships as soon as possible. In a report which came out Friday on the Detroit News, LaHood is apparently looking to limit in-car distractions for drivers.
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Published on
November 19, 2009 in
General and Industry Update.
Tags: 2010, awards, Chrysler, Ford, IIHS, safety, Subaru, Top Safety Picks, Volkswagen, VW.
Since 2006, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) tests each car model for sale in the United States in several crash scenarios. They run them into walls, barriers, other cars, poles, all the major accident types. Speeds range from 5 mph to 40 mph, and all of the results are analyzed and finally tallied. The vehicles which earn “good” ratings in each of the 4 tests are added to the “Top Safety Picks” list for that model year. This year, the IIHS added a “roof stability” test, which pushes a metal plate at a constant speed into one half of the roof of a vehicle. How well the car sustains this crushing force determines its score.
With this new test, recent winners such as Toyota, BMW and Mazda were left out in the cold. Chrysler modified its seats and head rests in order to garner better crash ratings for its vehicles, as did GM to get its Malibu on the list. Read on after the list to see how each manufacturer did.
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We’ve reported on the 2011 Hyundai Sonata before, but now the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has given one of its coveted “Top Safety Pick” awards to the new model. The IIHS only gives Top Safety Picks to those cars which include Electronic Stability Control and garner “good” scores in all front, side and rear crash tests. With its new look and engines, and now this award, the Sonata looks like it’ll be a great seller for Hyundai in 2010. Note that this is also the first Sonata to receive the Top Safety Pick award.
