2017 Kia Sportage is a Top Safety Pick Plus

Apr 11, 2016

The 2017 Kia Sportage has received the highest recognition possible from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) as a Top Safety Pick Plus. This prestigious award exemplifies Kia’s commitment to furthering and improving safety in their vehicles, especially after IIHS reconstructed their testing parameters, making it more difficult to achieve this rating. IIHS now requires every vehicle to earn at least a “good” in five tests including moderate overlap front, small overlap front, roof strength, side impact, and head restraints. Additionally, they also must achieve at least an “advanced” rating for front crash prevention.

“The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety is one of the most recognized and respected organizations in the industry when it comes to evaluating vehicle safety, and as such, the Top Safety Pick Plus designation is a significant achievement,” said Orth Hedrick, vice president, product planning, KMA. “We are especially proud to have our all-new Sportage earn that TSP+ rating in light of IIHS’ new, more challenging standards, validating the efforts of our engineers and the priority we place on safety.”

The 2017 Kia Sportage is fully equipped with standard and available safety features such as Lane Departure Warning System, Autonomous Emergency Braking, high-beam assist, Rear Cross Traffic Alert and Bi-HID headlights with Dynamic Bending Light technology, Blind Spot Detection with Lane Change Assist, and front and rear parking assist.

Check out all the safety features of the 2017 Kia Sportage at Destination Kia with a test drive today.

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