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IIHS Announces Top Safety Pick Award Winners for 2022

by Guillaume Rivard
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Vehicles keep getting safer and more advanced, as evidenced by the U.S. Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) identifying 65 different models as a 2022 Top Safety Pick+, up from 49 in 2021 and 22 in 2020.

If you also count the 36 other models that were named a 2022 Top Safety Pick, that brings the total to 101 award winners. Some vehicles have yet to be tested by the IIHS for 2022, but they could join the list later in the year.

Both awards require good ratings in all six IIHS crashworthiness tests — driver- and passenger-side small overlap front, moderate overlap front, side, roof strength and head restraints. Award winners must be available with front crash prevention that earns a superior or advanced rating in both vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-pedestrian evaluations.

Last but not least, Top Safety Pick winners must be available with good or acceptable headlights. The “plus” designation is given to models that have good or acceptable headlights across all trim levels and packages, not just a few of them.

Along with improving their headlight offerings this year, manufacturers made vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-pedestrian front crash prevention standard on more models, the IIHS points out.

Hyundai (including Kia and Genesis), Volkswagen (including Audi) and Volvo are the automakers with the most 2022 awards. Also notable, Mitsubishi earned its first-ever award as the Outlander was named a Top Safety Pick+.

Here is the full list of 2022 Top Safety Pick award winners:

Top Safety Pick+

Acura RDX
Acura MDX
Acura TLX
Audi A6
Audi A6 allroad
Audi A7
Audi e-tron
Audi e-tron Sportback
Audi Q5
Audi Q5 Sportback
Cadillac XT6
Chevrolet Trailblazer
Chrysler Pacifica
Ford Bronco Sport
Ford Explorer
Genesis G70 (fabriquée après juin 2021)
Genesis G80
Genesis G90
Genesis GV70
Genesis GV80
Genesis G90
Honda Accord
Honda Civic
Honda Civic à hayon
Honda Insight
Honda Odyssey
Hyundai Nexo
Hyundai Palisade
Hyundai Santa Fe (fabriqué après juillet 2021)
Hyundai Tucson
Kia K5
Kia Stinger
Lexus ES 350
Lexus IS
Mazda3
Mazda3 Sport
Mazda CX-9
Mazda CX-5
Mazda CX-30
Mercedes-Benz Classe E
Mercedes-Benz GLE
Mitsubishi Outlander (fabriqué après juin 2021)
Nissan Rogue
Nissan Altima
Nissan Maxima
Nissan Murano
Subaru Ascent
Subaru Crosstrek PHEV
Subaru Legacy
Subaru Outback
Tesla Model 3
Tesla Model Y
Toyota Camry
Toyota Highlander
Toyota Sienna
Volkswagen ID.4
Volvo C40 Recharge
Volvo S60
Volvo S60 Recharge
Volvo V60 Cross Country
Volvo XC40
Volvo XC40 Recharge
Volvo XC60
Volvo XC60 Recharge
Volvo XC90
Volvo XC90 Recharge

Top Safety Pick

Audi A4
Audi A5 Sportback
Audi Q8
BMW Série 2 Gran Coupé
BMW Série 3
BMW X5
Buick Encore GX
Ford Edge
Ford Escape
Ford F-150 Crew Cab
Ford F-150 Extended Cab
Ford Mustang Mach-E
Honda CR-V
Hyundai Elantra
Hyundai Sonata
Hyundai Santa Cruz
Hyundai Venue
Kia Carnival
Kia Seltos
Kia Sportage
Kia Sorento
Kia Soul
Kia Telluride
Lexus UX
Lexus RX
Lincoln Aviator
Lincoln Corsair
Lincoln Nautilus
Mercedes-Benz GLC
Nissan Sentra
Ram 1500 Crew Cab
Subaru Crosstrek
Subaru Impreza 5 portes
Toyota C-HR
Toyota Avalon
Toyota Venza

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