Six Volkswagen 2017 Models Earn IIHS Recognition For Safety

Mar 20, 2017

Every year, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) evaluates just about every vehicle on the road to determine which ones are living up to a higher standard of safety. Every year, Volkswagen finds many of its models making that list, and 2017 is no different. Six Volkswagen 2017 models earn IIHS recognition for safety. Five models were names as a top safety pick, and one was named as a top safety pick plus.

The top safety pick award is issued to vehicles that have earned good ratings in IIHS tests evaluated in five categories: frontal impact moderate overlap; frontal impact small overlap; side impact; roof strength; and head restraints. It must also offer an autonomous emergency braking system (AEB) that earns at least an advanced rating for front crash prevention.

The top safety pick plus rating is issued to vehicles that have met all of the top safety pick criteria and must offer headlights that earn at least an acceptable rating for visibility and lack of excessive glare.

The 2017 Volkswagen Golf 4-door, Golf Alltrack, Golf GTI 4-door, Golf SportWagen, and the Passat earned top safety pick recognition. The 2017 Jetta, when equipped with optional Forward Collision Warning and Autonomous Emergency Braking (Front Assist) and Bi-Xenon headlights, earned top safety pick plus.

“At Volkswagen, we strongly believe that the latest advanced driver assist technologies can be delivered without being in the premium segment,” said Hendrik Muth, Senior Vice President, Product Marketing and Strategy. ”The IIHS top safety pick and top safety pick plus ratings awarded to a variety of Volkswagen models compliments our ongoing commitment to offering these features .”

The Volkswagens that garnered top safety recognition this year have done so for multiple years in a row in spite of IIHS toughening their standards heading into last year. If you want to learn more about the safety features of every Volkswagen model, please contact our team at Southwest Volkswagen to learn more.