Mazda's entire lineup sweeps IIHS Top Safety Pick+ ratings:
For the third consecutive year, Mazda's entire lineup has aced the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's crash tests. All cars — the Mazda 3 in both sedan and hatchback form, as well as CX-30, CX-5, and CX-9 SUVs — scored a Top Safety Pick+ award, the highest accolade issued by the IIHS.
The IIHS conducts six tests on each car — a moderate overlap front crash, two small overlap front crashes for both driver and passenger, a side impact crash, a roof strength crush evaluation, and a head restraint test using just the car seat. The results are ranked out of four levels, with a green"Good" marker indicating the top tier.
However, a field of green results isn't enough to earn IIHS's uppermost ranking. Mazda also received good marks for its standard automatic forward collision warning and braking, which was effective in tests to prevent contact with other vehicles, adult pedestrians, and children. Mazdas also received maximum ratings for its child seat LATCH system.
It should come as no surprise that its cars fared similarly. Currently, the carmaker has just two platforms. Both body styles of the 3 share common underpinnings with the CX-30, while the CX-5 and CX-9 are based on the same underlying structure. The next Mazda platforms to come out will be based on a new front-engined, rear-wheel-drive architecture. That's when things will start to get really interesting, regardless of what they achieve on crash tests.
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