Top Safety Picks 2012
To determine crashworthiness — how well a vehicle protects its occupants in a crash — the Institute rates vehicles good, acceptable, marginal, or poor based on performance in high-speed front and side crash tests, a rollover test, plus evaluations of seat/head restraints for protection against neck injuries in rear impacts. To earn Top Safety Pick for 2012 a vehicle must have good ratings in all four Institute tests.
- Minicars
- built after July 2011
- Ford Fiesta
- (only 4-door models)
- Small cars
- sedan/hatchback
- (only sedan models)
- Mazda 3
- (except Ralliart and Evolution models)
- (only 4-door models)
- (only 4-door models)
- Midsize moderately priced cars
- (only 4-door models)
- (only 4-door models)
- Midsize luxury/near luxury cars
- built after September 2011
- Acura TSX
- sedan
- (except 4-wheel drive models)
- Large family cars
- Large luxury cars
- (except 4-wheel drive and V8)
- (only sedan models)
- (except M56x 4-wheel drive)
- Small SUVs
- with optional side torso airbags
- Midsize SUVs
- Midsize luxury SUVs
- Large SUVs
- Minivans
- Large pickups
- (crew cab models)
- (crew cab models)
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