Four Kia Models Earn IIHS Top Safety Pick Ratings

The Top Safety Pick and Top Safety Pick+ awards are the highest safety recognitions that a vehicle can receive from the Insurance Institute for Highway safety. For the 2017 model year, the IIHS upped their standards making the achievement of these prestigious ratings that much more selective. Previously, vehicles just had to earn a “good” rating in all of the IIHS crash tests in order to earn the Top Safety Pick rating but now they must do that AND offer an optional front crash prevention system that earns a rating of “advanced” or better.

The latter criteria used to be what was required for the Pick+ status but now a vehicle must achieve all of those standards AND earn at least an “acceptable” rating for their headlight based on IIHS standards for visibility.

Even with the stricter guidelines Kia can proudly say that four different models from their lineup earned a Top Safety Pick rating for 2017. These models include the 2017 Kia Sorento, Optima, Sportage, and Sedona and you can take a test drive in any one of these models right here at King Kia.

“Top Safety Picks by Year.” Current IIHS TOP SAFETY PICKs. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Dec. 2016. <http://www.iihs.org/iihs/ratings/TSP-List>.

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