2017 Toyota RAV4
It’s no big surprise that the Toyota RAV4 is awarded Top Safety Pick +. The RAV4 has standard Pre-Collision System with Pedestrian Detection, a contributing factor towards its exceptional crash ratings.
What’s a little surprising, though, is that the standard headlights don’t cut the mustard. Its halogen lights fall short of the minimum requirements for the ‘plus’ rating. Only the LED headlight-equipped models are top-rated.
Midsize SUVs
2017 Honda Pilot
The new design of the Honda Pilot has been a good one for safety. Previous to 2016, the Pilot had a ‘poor’ rating in small front overlap ratings, excluding it from the TSP awards.
Currently, the 2017 Honda Pilot get the Top Safety Pick + rating when it’s equipped with the optional Collision Mitigation Braking System in the Honda Sensing package and the Elite trim’s LED headlights. All others don’t make the cut.
2017 Hyundai Santa Fe
This is the first time the Hyundai Santa Fe has made the Top Safety Pick + win. All previous years were marginal in the small front overlap rating, but that changes for 2017. And now this handsome midsize SUV, when equipped with the optional Automatic Emergency Braking in the Tech package, is a dominant force.
Getting it into the ‘plus’ award is due to a rare ‘good’ rating with the optional HID headlights.
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