Audi A3, A4 Q5 Earns 2011 Top Safety Picks

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The influential Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) chose three Audi models – the Audi A3, Audi A4 and Audi Q5 – as the 2011 Top Safety Pick  winners.

With its Top Safety Pick list, IIHS recognises vehicles that do the best job of protecting people in front, side, rollover, and rear crashes based on good  ratings in Institute tests.

Winners also must have available electronic stability control, a crash avoidance feature that significantly reduces crash risk. The ratings help consumers  pick vehicles that offer a higher level of protection than federal safety standards require.

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Last year the Institute toughened criteria for Top Safety Pick by adding a requirement that all qualifiers must earn a good rating for performance in a roof  strength test to assess protection in a rollover crash.

Overall, the Institute selected 66 vehicles for its highest honour. This marks the third year in a row that these three Audi models have earned the  Institute’s top recognition.

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