Last week Volkswagen of America, Inc. was thrilled to
announce that two—the 2015 Volkswagen Golf and 2015 Volkswagen Golf GTI—of its
top-selling vehicles earned the coveted 2014 Top Safety Pick+ designation from the
Insurance Institute of Highway Safety (IIHS). For this year’s ratings, earning
the designation became even harder than in previous years. Keep reading to find
out more!
In order to earn a Top Safety Pick+ designation, you must
first meet the criteria of meeting the equally prestigious, but slightly less
challenging Top Safety Pick designation. To earn the Top Safety Pick
designation, you must score the top score of Good in the IIHS’s moderate
frontal overlap, side impact, roof strength, and rear crash protection tests as
well as a Good or an Acceptable (the second highest rating) in the very hard
small overlap frontal crash test. To receive the Top Safety Pick+ rating, you
must meet the Top Safety Pick criteria, as well as earn a basic, advanced, or
superior rating in front crash prevention. This takes into account the new
technological safety features on vehicles.
Safety features on both these models include both passive
and active systems that have been engineered to meet or exceed all current
crash regulations. They both feature a number of electronic and mechanical
Driver Assistance programs, including an automatic post-collision braking
system, electronic stability control, traction control, multiple airbags,
forward collision warning, and front and rear park distance control systems.
To learn more about the 2015 VW Golf and 2015
VW GTI and other new VW cars, stop on in to your VW dealership serving Evanston, Jennings
Volkswagen, to speak to a member of our team or get set up on a test drive
today!
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