VW Jetta, VW Golf GTI, VW Passat: Leading the field in safety

VW is leading the field when it comes to safety with several models, earning them a "Top Safety Pick-Silver" by the IIHS.

Volkswagen of America, Inc. announced today that the four-door 2006 Rabbit has been named a “Top Safety Pick-Silver” by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), the latest in a series of accolades for the exceptional safety designed into Volkswagen models. Earlier this year, the IIHS named the 2006 Jetta a “Top Safety Pick-Silver.”

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) also recognized the safety and performance for the 2006 and 2007 four-door Volkswagen Rabbit, Jetta, and Passat, giving them all four stars for driver and passenger frontal crash protection. The Rabbit and Jetta earned five stars for driver and rear passenger side crash protection and the Passat earned five stars for the driver and four stars for the rear passenger side crash protection.

The 2006 Passat carries a “ Top Safety Pick-Silver” designation from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety and earned the top performance rating in both the front and side impact tests conducted by the Institute.

“Safety is implicit in Volkswagen engineering,” said Adrian Hallmark, executive vice president, Volkswagen of America, Inc. “Our philosophy is to bring the most effective active and passive safety technology to the widest range of models, at a moderate price.”