Hyundai And VW Top Safety List

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Hyundai Motor Corp. along with Volkswagen AG, had the greatest number of top safety picks in the latest crash safety study by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. Hyundai vehicles met Institute standards. This placed them in a tie with the German automaker and its luxury brand Audi, which also had nine vehicles among the winners. Sixty-six 2011 models earned the nonprofit agency’s “top safety pick” rating, including 40 cars, 25 SUVs and one minivan.

Tougher criteria in the past two years due to the addition of a roof strength requirement and electronic stability control prompted some automakers to redesign vehicles so they would score higher in the IIHS review. “Automakers deserve credit for quickly rising to meet the more challenging criteria,” said Adrian Lund, the insurance safety group’s president. “That gives consumers shopping for a safer new car or SUV plenty of choices to consider.” Hyundai also improved the roof on the mid-size Santa Fe SUV and the redesigned Sonata, a midsized car.

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