IIHS Names Top Safety Picks

IIHS Names Top Safety Picks

Sixteen 2025 and 2026 models from 12 different brands earn Top Safety Pick or Top Safety Pick+ awards in the latest round of vehicle ratings from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.

The Top Safety Pick+ winners include the Audi A6 Sportback e-tron, Audi All-new Q5, Audi All-new Q5 Sportback, Genesis G80, Honda Passport, Infiniti QX60, Kia Sorento, Lexus NX, Subaru Forester, Tesla Cybertruck, Volkswagen Atlas, Volkswagen Atlas Cross Sport and Volvo EX90.

The Acura ADX, Hyundai Palisade and Tesla Model 3 earn the lower-tier Top Safety Pick award.

Many of the new award winners boast improved performance in the moderate overlap front test compared with earlier versions. A few have better headlights or higher ratings in the small overlap or side tests.

New ratings are also available for the Jeep Gladiator, Mercedes-Benz E-Class, Ram 1500 crew cab and Volkswagen Tiguan, none of which qualifies for an award.

The most recent additions bring the total number of 2025 Top Safety Pick+ award winners to 66 and the number of 2025 Top Safety Pick winners to 18.