The highest honors from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety were given to fifteen cars and SUVs despite stiffened requirements for 2018; most basic models don’t come with the features IIHS requires to make the list, including automatic emergency braking.
Toyota led the industry with 10 vehicles on the Top Safety Pick+ or Top Safety Pick lists. Much-smaller Hyundai was second with nine models. Subaru, which is on a red-hot sales streak, got all but one of its seven vehicles on the lists.
“Automakers have really come to grips with the fact that safety is an important component of consumer choice, and they are working hard to meet the criteria,” outgoing IIHS president Adrian Lund said. “They want to be known as leaders of safety.”
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