Best Sedans for Safety in 2011
With an eye for achieving safety standards that minimize accidental hazards, there has been a lot of competition, with every manufacturer making maximum efforts to design a safe sedan. Let us look at the list below that makes each a contender for the safest sedan on road. These are not mentioned according to their ranks in order, but the list is a small effort to give you a safe vision of the best sedans for 2011.
➦ Hyundai Sonata: Hyundai has launched a mid-sized sedan that races with sophistication and has also bagged a few awards in the list of insurance institutes for the safest sedan. Multiple airbags and advanced braking system are its features for safety management, along with stability and traction control. The NHTSA has given good categorical ratings, like for front impact, side impact, and rollover protection. This also is ranked as the safest family sedan.
➦ Volkswagen Jetta: Volkswagen has also made a safe bagging of awards for safety. The Volkswagen Jetta is one of the safest mid-sized sedan, and has an Intelligent Crash Response System, which functions with cutting fuel supply and unlocking doors. It has side, front and curtain air bags, along with traction and stability control. With features like anti-lock brakes, brake assist, and electronic brake-force distribution, this sedan clears some tough crash tests for safety.
➦ Chevrolet Cruze: Chevrolet has designed its new series of the 2011 Chevrolet Cruze, that has bagged five star ratings in safety features and tests. This small sedan comes with front knee bags, front and rear side impact bags, and curtain bags. It also leads with stability control and anti-lock brakes. It also earned an excellent rating with the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety testing.
➦ BMW 5 Series Gran Turismo: Luxury on roads has been well-defined by the 5 Series Gran Turismo. This sedan bags most of the stars in safety and crash testing. The features that rank this car are dual front, front-seat side and curtain air bags. It also has a reversing camera. Electronic brakes, brake assist along with night vision, cruise control, and pedestrian detection, rank this among all the safety standards for a safest luxury sedan.
➦ Honda Accord: The Honda sedan is designed with Advanced Compatibility Engineering safety standards, that makes safety against all sizes of cars with different sizes and bumpers. The six air bags along with ABD, brake assist, and four-wheel disc brakes, add to perfect safety for the sedan. The Honda Accord bags five stars with crash testing, in aspects like side and rear impact and offset frontal impact, and is among the safest sedan on the road today. Read the rest of this entry »