2010 Top Safety Picks announced by IIHS, new roof strength rule shakes things up
 

<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/carbuying/" rel="tag">Car Buying</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/safety/" rel="tag">Safety</a></p><a href="http://www.iihs.org/news/rss/pr111809.html"><img hspace="0" vspace="4" align="right" border="1" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/11/iihs_tsp10_award_250.jpg" class="right border" alt="" /></a>The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has once again announced the winners of its <em>Top Safety Pick</em> award - all 27 of them. This time out, 19 cars and eight SUVs made the all-important grade. To break it down a bit for you, Subaru is the only make to earn top marks in each of the classes in which it competes (four), winning a total of five awards. Ford and Volvo combined to take home six Top Safety Pick awards (the most of any automaker), VW/Audi comes away with five and Chrysler gets four. Added to this year's safe list in the small car segment are also two new competitors, the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/NissanCube/">Nissan Cube</a> and <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/KiaSoul/">Kia Soul</a>. <br />
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New for 2010 are more stringent rollover standards used in the evaluations by the IIHS, a tweak which is apparently responsible for keeping Toyota, the world's biggest automaker in terms of sales, from receiving a single award - even though last year, between Toyota, Lexus and Scion there were eleven winners. BMW, Mazda, Mitsubishi and Saab were also absent from the list for the same reason, as the was the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/FordFusion/">Ford Fusion</a>. The Toyota Camry, meanwhile, didn't make the cut because of a marginal rear crash rating. All 27 winners - and a full press release - can be found after the jump.<br />
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<div class="postgallery"><p><s trong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-iihs-top-safety-picks/low/">2010 IIHS Top Safety Picks</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-iihs-top-safety-picks/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/11/2010iihstopsafetypicks000 _thumbnail.jpg" alt="Large cars" title="Large cars" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-iihs-top-safety-picks/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/11/2010iihstopsafetypicks001 _thumbnail.jpg" alt="Large cars" title="Large cars" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-iihs-top-safety-picks/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/11/2010iihstopsafetypicks002 _thumbnail.jpg" alt="Large cars" title="Large cars" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-iihs-top-safety-picks/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/11/2010iihstopsafetypicks003 _thumbnail.jpg" alt="Large cars" title="Large cars" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-iihs-top-safety-picks/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/11/2010iihstopsafetypicks004 _thumbnail.jpg" alt="Midsize cars" title="Midsize cars" /></a></div><br />
[Source: <a href="http://www.iihs.org/news/rss/pr111809.html">Insurance Institute for Highway Safety</a>]<p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/11/18/2010-top-safety-picks-announced-by-iihs-new-roof-strength-rule/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>2010 Top Safety Picks announced by IIHS, new roof strength rule shakes things up</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;backgr ound:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/11/18/2010-top-safety-picks-announced-by-iihs-new-roof-strength-rule/">2010 Top Safety Picks announced by IIHS, new roof strength rule shakes things up</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblo g</a> on Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:58:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/11/18/2010-top-safety-picks-announced-by-iihs-new-roof-strength-rule/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19244580/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/11/18/2010-top-safety-picks-announced-by-iihs-new-roof-strength-rule/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>

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