Volvo XC60 - First Luxury SUV to achieve IIHSs TOP SAFETY PICK+ Award

Volvo Auto's safety heritage has been once again recognised and awarded by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). Volvo's midsize luxury SUV XC60 has achieved a title of Top Safety Pick + vehicles in the IIHS new small overlap frontal crash test. The small overlap test is designed to replicate what happens when the front corner of a vehicle collides with another vehicle or object like a tree or utility pole. Volvo XC60 is the first and only midsize luxury SUV to achieve such results in 2013.

Tomas Ernberg, Managing Director, Volvo Car India said, "We are so confident in our safety heritage that we went ahead and volunteered the XC60 for the test. We don't design our vehicles to pass a specific crash test; we design them to pass the most important test of all, everyday life. Each of our vehicles is equipped with active safety equipment meant to avoid a collision but have been designed to protect its occupants in the event of a crash."

Last year, in 2012, Volvo S60 earned the best rating in IIHS's new small offset frontal crash test. The test was designed to replicate what happens when the front corner of a car collides with another vehicle or an object like a tree or utility pole. Volvo was the only European luxury brand with five awarded models in the 2011 IIHS report. The XC60 received 5 stars in all individual crash tests, including 5 stars for the driver and 5 stars for the passenger in the frontal collision as well as 5 stars in both side tests.

IIHS rates vehicles ‘Good, Acceptable, Marginal or Poor' based on various parameters performance in a moderate overlap frontal crash, small overlap frontal crash, side impact and rollover, plus evaluations of seat/head restraints for protection against neck injuries in rear impacts. The 2013 Volvo XC60 and S60 both earned the top rating of "good" in the tests.

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