CHERRY HILL, N.J., Dec. 22, 2010 /PRNewswire/
-- Subaru of America, Inc. today announced that for the second
consecutive year, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has
recognized it as the only automotive manufacturer with a 2011 TOP SAFETY
PICK winner in every vehicle class in which it competes. The test
results cap a year in which Subaru is poised to announce its best-ever
sales record.
"We know our customers take their safety very seriously and so we are
very pleased that IIHS has recognized us again as the only manufacturer
with a TOP SAFETY PICK winner for all its models," said Tom
Doll, executive vice president and COO, Subaru of America, Inc. "This is
an outstanding success and a tribute to the engineering that goes into
our products. The IIHS reinforces to our customers that Subaru maintains
the highest standards to produce vehicles that are fun-to- drive,
durable, reliable as well as safe. "
The TOP SAFETY PICK recognizes vehicles that, in IIHS testing,
do the best job of protecting people in front, side, rear, and now
rollover crashes based on 'good' ratings in each category. The IIHS
ranks in terms of Good, Acceptable, Marginal and Poor, with 'good' as
the top rank possible in Institute tests. Winners also must have
electronic stability control.
"Subaru is the only manufacturer with a TOP SAFETY PICK winner
in every vehicle class in which it competes," said IIHS president
Adrian Lund. "The vehicles that earn this designation are the cream of
the crop for protecting people in the most common kinds of crashes, and
they have electronic stability control for helping drivers stay out of
many crashes altogether."
