Looking for the safest model lineup on the road in Orange County or anywhere in California, or the USA… look no further than Mazda! That’s right, for the third year in a row Mazda has come out on top of the IIHS Top Safety Pick+ ratings.
View the below article by Mazda at https://news.mazdausa.com/2022-02-24-Every-2022MY-Mazda-Vehicle-Tested-Earns-2022-IIHS-TOP-SAFETY-PICK-AWARD:
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) today announced the winners of its highest award in safety, the 2022 TOP SAFETY PICK+. Every tested Mazda vehicle made the list for the third consecutive year. These vehicles include the Mazda3 Sedan, Mazda3 Hatchback, CX-30, CX-5, and CX-9.
To qualify for the 2022 TOP SAFETY PICK+ award, Mazda vehicles earned good ratings in each of the Institute's six crashworthiness evaluations: moderate overlap front, driver-side small overlap front, passenger-side small overlap front, side, roof strength and head restraint tests. Mazda vehicles also earned advanced or superior ratings for front crash prevention in both vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-pedestrian evaluations and good or acceptable headlight ratings.
"Achieving the IIHS TOP SAFETY PICK + Award is a reflection of Mazda's commitment to providing advanced safety technologies that our owners expect," said Mazda North American Operations President and CEO Jeff Guyton. "Our wide range of safety technologies are designed to support, not replace the driver, which results in a more confident and enjoyable driving experience."
Mazda's CX-5 was the first vehicle to earn a Good rating in IIHS's new, tougher side impact test, which will be added to the award criteria in 2023. Mazda was proud to add that top achievement to our list of accolades from IIHS and commends the Institute for continuously raising the bar in safety.
To learn more about advanced safety at Mazda, please visit the MazdaUSA.com website - https://www.mazdausa.com/why-mazda/safety.
The IIHS is an independent, non-governmental safety-testing organization, funded by the insurance industry. For more information, visit https://www.iihs.org/ratings/top-safety-picks.
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Mazda's entire lineup sweeps IIHS Top Safety Pick+ ratings It's the third year in a row!
For the third consecutive year, Mazda's entire lineup has aced the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's crash tests. All cars — the Mazda 3 in both sedan and hatchback form, as well as CX-30, CX-5, and CX-9 SUVs — scored a Top Safety Pick+ award, the highest accolade issued by the IIHS.
The IIHS conducts six tests on each car — a moderate overlap front crash, two small overlap front crashes for both driver and passenger, a side impact crash, a roof strength crush evaluation, and a head restraint test using just the car seat. The results are ranked out of four levels, with a green "Good" marker indicating the top tier. Mazda says that the CX-5, which is already 5 years and remains essentially unchanged since its 2017 intro, was the first car to receive a "Good" in the IIHS's tougher side impact test, something that won't factor into the results until 2023.
However, a field of green results isn't enough to earn IIHS's uppermost ranking. Mazda also received good marks for its standard automatic forward collision warning and braking, which was effective in tests to prevent contact with other vehicles, adult pedestrians, and children. Mazda also received maximum ratings for its child seat LATCH system. The only area where Mazda fell slightly short was in models that were not equipped with curve-adaptive headlamps, which include lower trims on 3 and CX-5 models. There, Mazda received the second-from-top "Acceptable" ratings.
It should come as no surprise that its cars fared similarly. Currently, the carmaker has just two platforms. Both body styles of the 3 share common underpinnings with the CX-30, while the CX-5 and CX-9 are based on the same underlying structure. The next Mazda platforms to come out will be based on a new front-engined, rear-wheel-drive architecture. That's when things will start to get really interesting, regardless of what they achieve on crash tests.
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Check out each to the follow Mazda Models Individual Safety Ratings:
• Mazda 3 hatchback
• Mazda 3 sedan
• Mazda CX-5
• Mazda CX-30
• Mazda CX-9