IIHS Safety Awards: Subaru Scores Triple Win

The 2023 Subaru Outback and two sister vehicles recently snagged Top Safety Pick+ awards. - Photo: IIHS

The 2023 Subaru Outback as well as two sister automobiles recently got Top Safety Pick +awards.Photo: IIHS The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has recognized 3 Subaru lorries with its greatest safety and security award. The 2022 WRX, 2023 Legacy, and also the 2023 Outback, all recently rolled away with Top Safety Pick+ awards.The WRX, a small auto, as well as the Legacy and Outback, both midsize cars and trucks, grasped six crashworthiness tests– catching excellent scores in each analysis. These included the driver-side little overlap front, passenger-side little overlap front, moderate overlap front, original side, roof strength, as well as head restraint tests.But the rigorous criterion for amassing”plus” status does not finish there. Autos must additionally be available with a front crash prevention system that gains sophisticated or remarkable scores in both the vehicle-to-vehicle and also daytime vehicle-to-pedestrian evaluations. Moreover, excellent or appropriate fronts lights must be conventional throughout all trims.The triad of Subarus met IIHS’demanding standards.The upgraded WRX uses an optional front crash prevention system that makes exceptional ratings in both the vehicle-to-vehicle and also daytime vehicle-to-pedestrian evaluations. The updated Legacy as well as Outback do even much better– both come with conventional front collision avoidance systems that earn premium ratings in the two needed tests.As for headlights, the WRX’s Limited as well as GT trims include curve-adaptive LED projector headlights that earn a good rating, while the static LED projectors that come with the Base and Premium trims are ranked appropriate. IIHS notes that this notes a renovation over the 2021 model, which was passed over for the”plus “due to the fact that reduced trims were furnished with poor-rated halogens.Finally, both the updated Legacy as well as Outback made good-rated headlights throughout all trim, giving Subaru whatever it needed to score a three-way win for the most desirable safety honor in the industry.

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