Toronto, Ontario -- The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety is adding three models – the Audi Q6 e-tron, Buick Enclave, Nissan Armada — its list of 2025 Top Safety Pick+ award winners.
The Top Safety Pick+ designation is the highest honor awarded by the IIHS. All 2025 award recipients underwent a battery of updated tests designed to reflect real-world conditions and to address gaps in protection, particularly for passengers seated in the rear.
This year, IIHS introduced a revised moderate overlap front test that now includes a second crash-test dummy in the rear seat, simulating back seat occupants and emphasizing the need for equal safety performance in all seating positions. In total, 36 2025 model year vehicles have earned Top Safety Pick+ designations.
Beyond passive safety features and crashworthiness, all of this year’s Top Safety Pick+ vehicles include a suite of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems that further enhance occupant protection and collision avoidance.
Hyundai’s winning models come equipped with the company’s SmartSense technology, which includes forward collision-avoidance assist, lane keeping assist, blind-spot collision warning and rear occupant alert systems. These systems are integrated across both their electric and internal combustion platforms and are standard or available on all trims of award-winning models.
The Audi Q6 e-tron features the brand’s advanced adaptive cruise control, lane centering, intersection assist, and high-resolution sensors for automated emergency braking. Similarly, the Buick Enclave and GMC Acadia include GM’s suite of ADAS technologies such as automatic emergency braking, front pedestrian braking, lane keep assist with lane departure warning and safety alert seat functions.
The Nissan Armada, one of the few large SUVs to receive a Top Safety Pick+ award this year, is equipped with Nissan Safety Shield 360, which includes automatic emergency braking with pedestrian detection, rear automatic braking, blind spot warning and intelligent lane intervention.
Vehicles falling short of IIHS recognition this year include the Audi Q6 Sportback e-tron, Cadillac Lyriq, Kia K4. Some missed out due to poor headlight performance or marginal ratings in rear-seat crash tests. In a few cases, recent design updates may improve eligibility in the future, though re-evaluation has not yet been completed.
The IIHS has awarded the Top Safety Pick+ to the following vehicles:
Small Cars:
• 2025 Honda Civic Hatchback
• 2025 Mazda3 Hatchback
• 2025 Mazda3 Sedan
Midsize Cars:
• 2025 Honda Accord
• 2025 Hyundai Ioniq 6
• 2025 Toyota Camry
Midsize Luxury Cars:
• 2025 Mercedes-Benz C-Class
Small SUVs:
• 2025 Genesis GV60
• 2025 Honda HR-V
• 2025 Hyundai Ioniq 5
• 2025 Hyundai Kona
• 2025 Hyundai Tucson
• 2025 Mazda CX-30
• 2025 Mazda CX-50
• 2025 Subaru Solterra
Midsize SUVs:
• 2025 Ford Mustang Mach-E
• 2025 Hyundai Santa Fe (built after November 2024)
• 2025 Kia EV9
• 2025 Kia Telluride
• 2025 Mazda CX-70
• 2025 Mazda CX-70 PHEV
• 2025 Mazda CX-90
• 2025 Mazda CX-90 PHEV
• 2025 Nissan Pathfinder
Midsize Luxury SUVs:
• 2025 Audi Q6 e-tron
• 2025 BMW X5
• 2025 Genesis Electrified GV70
• 2025 Genesis GV70 (built after April 2024)
• 2025 Genesis GV80
• 2025 Lincoln Nautilus
• 2025 Mercedes-Benz GLC
• 2025 Mercedes-Benz GLE-Class (with optional front crash prevention)
• 2025 Volvo XC90 (built before December 2024)
Large SUVs:
• 2025 Audi Q7
• 2025 Infiniti QX80
• 2025 Nissan Armada
• 2025 Rivian R1S (built after August 2024)
Large Pickups:
• 2025 Toyota Tundra Crew Cab
