Insurance Institute Names Top 10 Safest Cars
The Ford Five Hundred and Mercury Montego, when equipped with optional side airbags, earned a Gold “Top Safety Pick” award for large cars from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. The Audi A6 was given the Silver award for large cars.
The Five Hundred and Montego are corporate “twins,” stylistically different versions of the same car.
Vehicles that received Gold awards earned “good” ratings — the best possible — for front-, side- and rear-impact protection. Vehicles that were rated good for front- and side-impact protection and “acceptable” for rear-impact protection earned Silver awards.
Pickups and SUVs weren’t included in this round of awards because side impact tests of most of these vehicles haven’t been conducted yet.
Large Cars:
- Gold: Ford Five Hundred/Mercury Montego (Twin vehicles)
- Audi A6
Midsized cars:
- Gold: Saab 9-3
- Gold: Subaru Legacy
- Silver: Audi A3
- Silver: Audi A4
- Silver: Chevrolet Malibu with optional side airbags
- Silver: Volkswagen Jetta
- Silver: Volkswagen Passat
Small car:
- Gold: Honda Civic 4-door
Via CNN.
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