For a third successive year all Subaru models have earned the Top Safety Pick award from the Insurance Institute of Highway Safety in the United States.
Subaru is the only manufacturer operating in North America to have all its models – Impreza, Forester, Legacy, Outback and Tribeca gain the top accolade.
The award includes the all-new Impreza, which will be launched in New Zealand in April next year with top-level fuel efficiency** in the all-wheel drive passenger vehicle class.
On this win, Thomas Doll, executive vice president and COO of Subaru of America, Inc. said, “Our customers take their safety very seriously and so we are very pleased that IIHS has recognized us again with a TOP SAFETY PICK winner for all our qualifying models. To be able to include the redesigned 2012 Impreza to the list is an outstanding success and a tribute to the engineering that goes into our products. The IIHS reinforces to our customers that Subaru maintains the highest standards to produce vehicles that are fun-to-drive, durable, reliable as well as safe.”
IIHS provides consumers with vehicle safety information by rating the vehicle’s performance on four passenger protection tests as good, acceptable, marginal, or poor. To win TOP SAFETY PICK, a vehicle must have good ratings in all four tests of high-speed front and side crash tests, a rollover test, and evaluations of seat/head restraints for protection against neck injuries in rear impacts.
In addition, winners must be equipped with electronic stability control.
Internationally Subaru aims to offer “Enjoyment and Peace of Mind” through the Subaru experience and its brand statement “Confidence in Motion” as the foundation. “Enjoyment and Peace of Mind” is not possible without the crucial element of “safety”. Subaru continues to pursue all-around safety by continuing to advance its active, passive and pre-crash safety technologies.
