The Safest Cars on the List For 2014

In order to come up with a list of the safest cars available on the market for 2014, many safety organizations decided to run different types of cars through crash tests, these tests were tough enough to show how safe each car is. The standards for running these crash tests were higher than ever, so it was a great honor if a car’s brand name won the test over the other cars manufacturers.awarding the Top Safety Pick+ designation, its highest honor. In addition to passing a gamut of crash tests with “good” or better rankings, cars seeking the top of the safest cars list must work on their crash-prevention technology and promote it as a unique option of the car. It was an objective to make it more difficult for manufacturers on 2014, safety becomes a major issue in the world of auto industry nowadays, And these high standards test are motivating cars manufacturers to come up with techniques that help drivers avoid accidents in the first place. In spite of the high standards sett for the crash tests, twenty-two models achieved the highest safety limits, meanwhile some other cars couldn’t make it, Volvo S60, S80 and XC60, as well as the Honda Civic Hybrid. . Honda was on the top of the list among the automakers with its popular Accord and Civic sedans, Odyssey minivan and Acura RLX and MDX luxury cars. Four Subaru models earned the top as well, and a 3 models each for Volvo and Mazda. Few American cars were able to earn a plus evaluation for their exceptional safety performance, the Ford Fusion and Lincoln MKZ earned “plus” status, but Chrysler and General Motors vehicles were notably absent among the list of safest cars. Now the consumers who want both crash prevention technology and the latest in occupant protection have a fair number of vehicles to choose from, as a future prospect manufacturers will hopefully continue to incorporate front crash prevention, developing more robust systems and adding them to more trim levels, or better yet, making them standard equipment. Raising the crash-testing criteria was not limited to 2014; the standards were also tightened last year, for example, an additional crash test have been added, it specifically measures how occupants fared when a vehicle’s front end strikes a barrier at 40 miles per hour. The test replicates what happens in the real world when the front corner of a vehicle collides with another vehicle or stationary object, the sort of accident responsible for nearly a quarter of traffic fatalities. When that test, known as the small-front overlap test, was introduced, some popular models took hits in the rankings. For example, the Toyota Camry, the most popular sedan, earned a poor grade on the new test last year. The poor rating prompted consumer reports to omit the Camry from its recommended list. But the ’14 model has earned an “acceptable” score on the test, which helped the vehicle regroup and earn the second-tier.