The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety is out with its 2025 safety awards. This year, the bar is set significantly higher because ratings emphasize pro

Audi Q7 has earned a 2025 TOP SAFETY PICK+ award, the highest accolade from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). The Q7 earned this distinction by meeting tougher new 2025 criteria focused on rear-passenger safety during the IIHS moderate-overlap front collision test.

After adding rear seat safety to the list of award requirements, the number of qualifying models fell from 71 in 2024 to 48.

Audi Q7 has won the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's (IIHS) top award for safety, despite a higher bar needing to be met for this year's award compared to last year. Here's how this advanced Audi has achieved this accolade.

The IIHS just released its crash test results for the 2025 model year, and one brand came out well ahead of the rest of the industry: Mazda. The automaker earned a total of eight awards for its vehicles — besting any other brand — and,

Tougher test standards mean fewer cars are earning the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's Top Safety Pick Awards this year. The IIHS updated its moderate overlap front crash test by adding a dummy in the rear seat behind the driver,

The IIHS crash tests vehicles throughout the year and just published the full results for evaluating 2025 model year products. Just 48 models qualified for one of the awards, whic