The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety in the United States recognized another 16 vehicles with its 2025 safety awards.

The vehicles are from 2025 and 2026 model years.

Three vehicles received the lower-tier Top Safety Pick, while the other 13 received the upper-tier Top Safety Pick+ recognition.

Newly recognized vehicles with a Top Safety Pick+ award are: 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.

Newly recognized vehicles with the Top Safety Pick award are: Acura ADX, Hyundai Palisade and Tesla Model 3.

The IIHS updated its safety awards, and, in order to qualify, vehicles now need to have good ratings in the small overlap front and side tests, an acceptable or good rating in the pedestrian front crash prevention evaluation and acceptable or good ratings for headlights across all trim levels.

An acceptable rating in the moderate overlap front test is enough to qualify for the Top Safety Pick, but a good rating is required to get the plus.

The complete list of 2025 safety picks, as of this writing, is below.

Models that specify the 2026 model year only have the designation for that model year. If no year is stated, the designation includes 2025 and beyond model years.

Top Safety Pick+

Small cars:

• Honda Civic hatchback
• Hyundai Elantra (built after October 2024)
• Kia K4 (built after January 2025)
• Mazda3 hatchback
• Mazda3 sedan
• Toyota Prius

Midsize cars:

• Honda Accord
• Hyundai Ioniq 6
• Hyundai Sonata (built after November 2024)
• Toyota Camry

Midsize luxury cars:

• Audi All-new A5
• Mercedes-Benz C-Class

Large luxury cars:

• Audi A6 Sportback e-tron
• 2026 Genesis G80 (built after June 2025)

Small SUVs:

• Genesis GV60
• Honda HR-V
• Hyundai Ioniq 5
• Hyundai Kona
• Hyundai Tucson
• Kia Sportage (built after May 2025)
• Mazda CX-30
• Mazda CX-50
• 2026 Subaru Forester
• Subaru Solterra
• Toyota bZ4X (built after December 2024)

Midsize SUVs:

• Buick Enclave (built after January 2025)
• Ford Explorer (built after June 2025)
• Ford Mustang Mach-E
• 2026 Honda Passport
• 2026 Hyundai Ioniq 9
• Hyundai Santa Fe (built after November 2024)
• Kia EV9
• 2026 Kia Sorento
• Kia Telluride
• Mazda CX-70
• Mazda CX-70 PHEV
• Mazda CX-90
• Mazda CX-90 PHEV
• Nissan Pathfinder
• Nissan Murano
• 2026 Volkswagen Atlas
• Volkswagen Atlas Cross Sport

Midsize luxury SUVs:

• Audi All-new Q5
• Audi All-new Q5 Sportback
• Audi Q6 e-tron
• Audi Q6 Sportback e-tron
• BMW X3 (built after April 2025)
• BMW X5
• Genesis Electrified GV70
• Genesis GV70 (built after April 2024)
• Genesis GV80
• 2026 Infiniti QX60
• 2026 Lexus NX
• Lincoln Nautilus
• Mecedes-Benz GLC
• Mercedes-Benz GLE-Class (with optional pedestrian front crash prevention)
• Tesla Model Y
• Volvo XC90
• Volvo XC90 Plug-In Hybrid (built before December 2024)

Large SUVs:

• Audi Q7
• Infiniti QX80
• Nissan Armada
• Rivian R1S (built after August 2024)
• Volvo EX90

Large pickups:

• Tesla Cybertruck crew cab
• Toyota Tundra crew cab

Top Safety Pick

Small cars:

• Acura Integra hatchback
• Honda Civic sedan

Midsize luxury cars:

• Tesla Model 3

Large luxury cars:

• Genesis G90

Small SUVs:

• Acura ADX
• Nissan Rogue
• Subaru Forester (excludes Wilderness trim)
• Toyota Corolla Cross

Midsize SUVs:

• Chevrolet Traverse
• GMC Acadia (built after January 2025)
• Honda Pilot
• 2026 Hyundai Palisade
• Subaru Ascent

Midsize luxury SUVs:

• Acura MDX
• Infiniti QX60 (2025)
• Lexus NX

Small pickups:

• Hyundai Santa Cruz crew cab

Large pickups:

• Rivian R1T

You can learn more about the newly added vehicles and how vehicles qualify on the IIHS’s website.

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