Subaru Forester and Rivian R1 win IIHS Top Safety Picks
The IIHS awarded Top Safety Pick awards to nine vehicles and Top Safety Pick+ awards to 10 vehicles. The Ford Mustang Mach-E, Toyota Tundra and Mazda CX-70 received Top Safety Pick+ awards. The Cadillac Lyriq and Ford Bronco Sport missed out on awards due to different issues. The IIHS said 19 new models earned Top Safety Pick awards at the end of the year. These include electric vehicles, hybrid vehicles and gasoline-powered vehicles. There are also trucks, SUVs, and compact cars. Let's take a deeper look at the tests and who won what. var adpushup = window.adpushup = window.adpushup || {que:()}; adpushup.que.push(function() { if (adpushup.config.platform !== "DESKTOP"){ adpushup.triggerAd("0f7e3106 -c4d6-4db4-8135-c508879a76f8"); } else { adpushup.triggerAd("82503191-e1d1-435a-874f-9c78a2a54a2f"); Top Safety Pick awards are given to cars that earn "Good" ratings in the IIHS's small-overlap front, moderate-overlap front and updated side crash tests. Additionally, they need to earn a "good" or "acceptable" rating in all trims and pedestrian front crash prevention. More: See what happens when…
New Sorento, Altima, ZDX and Prologue fail to fully meet IIHS requirements
IIHS recently updated its moderate overlap front and side crash tests go through Brad Anderson 16 hours ago Despite upgraded rear seat belts, the 2025 Kia Sorento misses out on IIHS Top Safety Pick+ designation. Updated headlights help improve the 2024 Acura ZDX's safety ratings, but they still fall short. The 2025 Nissan Altima earned a "Poor" rating in the IIHS's updated side crash test. The 2025 Kia Sorento managed to earn a Top Safety Pick award from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), but fell just short of the top honor — falling just short of the 2025 Nissan Altima, 2024 Acura ZDX and 2024 Honda Prologue Missed. . In a market where safety ratings are under increasing scrutiny, Kia and its rivals would rather avoid that. Crash tests conducted by the IIHS are frequently updated to push automakers to improve the safety of new models. Recently, the moderate overlap front test was updated, and in July Kia…
Need to tow trailer side underrun protection
The petitioners asked, the law requires rear underrun trailer guards, so why not the sides? August 29, 2024 — The lack of federal law requiring all vans and semitrailers to be equipped with side underrun protection should be examined because of the dangers of driving under the side of a trailer, it was said. Federal law requires trailers to have underrun protection on the rear, but not on the sides. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced that it has received a petition to investigate the impact of trailers that are not equipped with side underrun protection. In addition to vehicles that could hit and slide under the trailer, the federal petition for investigation also argues that pedestrians, bicyclists and motorcyclists are also at risk. No specific equipment or trailer manufacturers are named in the petition. In 2021, safety regulators also received a request to investigate the impact of trailer side underrun guards and the lack of federal regulations. However,…
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