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<div style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><small>2010 Insurance Institute For Highway Safety rollover tests - click above for high-res images</small></strong></em></div>
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Perish the thought, haters! The above <a href="http://autoblog.com/model/mkt">Lincoln MKT</a> is getting its roof caved in not on aesthetic grounds, but rather to test its ability to survive a rollover accident. If you haven't guessed by now, the MKT did so well in the roof-crush test that the <a href="http://autoblog.com/tag/iihs">Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS)</a> handed parent company <a href="http://autoblog.com/make/ford">Ford</a> a much coveted <a href="http://autoblog.com/tag/top+safety+pick">Top Safety Pick</a> award. Actually, the IIHS handed FoMoCo a hefty total of <em>five</em> rollover-related Top Safety Pick awards. However we should note that one of the Ford products earning top marks is in fact the soon to be extinct <a href="http://autoblog.com/tag/mercury">Mercury Millan</a>, so really Ford only nabbed four - but who's counting? Other good-to-rollover-in Ford products include the <a href="http://autoblog.com/model/flex">Flex</a>, <a href="http://autoblog.com/model/fusion">Fusion</a> and <a href="http://autoblog.com/model/mkz">Lincoln MKZ</a>.<br />
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Speaking of thick-sculled corporate cousins, <a href="http://autoblog.com/make/audi">Audi</a> and <a href="http://autoblog.com/make/volkswagen">Volkswagen</a> were handed a couple of Top Safety Picks, too. The 2010 Audi <a href="http://autoblog.com/model/a4">A4</a> and <a href="http://autoblog.com/model/q5">Q5</a> as well as the Volkswagen <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/vw+jetta+sportwagen/">Jetta SportWagen</a> all earned top marks from the IIHS. As far as the Jetta goes, that's just one more reason to choose wagon over sedan. Finally, the new <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/model/tucson">2010 Hyundai Tucson</a> gets the coveted TSP, and having recently driven the overly-stiff compact CUV, we're not at all surprised that its roof holds up to crushing. To get the dirt on the IIHS's methodology/read the press release, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/06/09/iihs-awards-top-safety-picks-to-audi-ford-hyundai-and-vw-on-st/#continued">make the jump</a>.<br />
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<div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-iihs-top-safety-picks-rollover/low/">2010 IIHS Top Safety Picks ? Rollover</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-iihs-top-safety-picks-rollover/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/06/000-iihs-rollover-tests-6-9-2010_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-iihs-top-safety-picks-rollover/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/06/001-iihs-rollover-tests-6-9-2010_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-iihs-top-safety-picks-rollover/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/06/002-iihs-rollover-tests-6-9-2010_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-iihs-top-safety-picks-rollover/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/06/003-iihs-rollover-tests-6-9-2010_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-iihs-top-safety-picks-rollover/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/06/004-iihs-rollover-tests-6-9-2010_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a></div><br />
[Source: <a href="http://www.iihs.org/">Insurance Institute for Highway Safety</a>]<p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/06/09/iihs-awards-top-safety-picks-to-audi-ford-hyundai-and-vw-on-st/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>IIHS awards Top Safety Picks to Audi, Ford, Hyundai and VW on strength of roofs</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/06/09/iihs-awards-top-safety-picks-to-audi-ford-hyundai-and-vw-on-st/">IIHS awards Top Safety Picks to Audi, Ford, Hyundai and VW on strength of roofs</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblog</a> on Wed, 09 Jun 2010 13:00:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/06/09/iihs-awards-top-safety-picks-to-audi-ford-hyundai-and-vw-on-st/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19509439/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/06/09/iihs-awards-top-safety-picks-to-audi-ford-hyundai-and-vw-on-st/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><small>2010 Insurance Institute For Highway Safety rollover tests - click above for high-res images</small></strong></em></div>
<br />
Perish the thought, haters! The above <a href="http://autoblog.com/model/mkt">Lincoln MKT</a> is getting its roof caved in not on aesthetic grounds, but rather to test its ability to survive a rollover accident. If you haven't guessed by now, the MKT did so well in the roof-crush test that the <a href="http://autoblog.com/tag/iihs">Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS)</a> handed parent company <a href="http://autoblog.com/make/ford">Ford</a> a much coveted <a href="http://autoblog.com/tag/top+safety+pick">Top Safety Pick</a> award. Actually, the IIHS handed FoMoCo a hefty total of <em>five</em> rollover-related Top Safety Pick awards. However we should note that one of the Ford products earning top marks is in fact the soon to be extinct <a href="http://autoblog.com/tag/mercury">Mercury Millan</a>, so really Ford only nabbed four - but who's counting? Other good-to-rollover-in Ford products include the <a href="http://autoblog.com/model/flex">Flex</a>, <a href="http://autoblog.com/model/fusion">Fusion</a> and <a href="http://autoblog.com/model/mkz">Lincoln MKZ</a>.<br />
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Speaking of thick-sculled corporate cousins, <a href="http://autoblog.com/make/audi">Audi</a> and <a href="http://autoblog.com/make/volkswagen">Volkswagen</a> were handed a couple of Top Safety Picks, too. The 2010 Audi <a href="http://autoblog.com/model/a4">A4</a> and <a href="http://autoblog.com/model/q5">Q5</a> as well as the Volkswagen <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/vw+jetta+sportwagen/">Jetta SportWagen</a> all earned top marks from the IIHS. As far as the Jetta goes, that's just one more reason to choose wagon over sedan. Finally, the new <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/model/tucson">2010 Hyundai Tucson</a> gets the coveted TSP, and having recently driven the overly-stiff compact CUV, we're not at all surprised that its roof holds up to crushing. To get the dirt on the IIHS's methodology/read the press release, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/06/09/iihs-awards-top-safety-picks-to-audi-ford-hyundai-and-vw-on-st/#continued">make the jump</a>.<br />
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<div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-iihs-top-safety-picks-rollover/low/">2010 IIHS Top Safety Picks ? Rollover</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-iihs-top-safety-picks-rollover/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/06/000-iihs-rollover-tests-6-9-2010_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-iihs-top-safety-picks-rollover/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/06/001-iihs-rollover-tests-6-9-2010_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-iihs-top-safety-picks-rollover/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/06/002-iihs-rollover-tests-6-9-2010_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-iihs-top-safety-picks-rollover/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/06/003-iihs-rollover-tests-6-9-2010_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-iihs-top-safety-picks-rollover/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/06/004-iihs-rollover-tests-6-9-2010_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a></div><br />
[Source: <a href="http://www.iihs.org/">Insurance Institute for Highway Safety</a>]<p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/06/09/iihs-awards-top-safety-picks-to-audi-ford-hyundai-and-vw-on-st/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>IIHS awards Top Safety Picks to Audi, Ford, Hyundai and VW on strength of roofs</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/06/09/iihs-awards-top-safety-picks-to-audi-ford-hyundai-and-vw-on-st/">IIHS awards Top Safety Picks to Audi, Ford, Hyundai and VW on strength of roofs</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblog</a> on Wed, 09 Jun 2010 13:00:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/06/09/iihs-awards-top-safety-picks-to-audi-ford-hyundai-and-vw-on-st/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19509439/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/06/09/iihs-awards-top-safety-picks-to-audi-ford-hyundai-and-vw-on-st/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>
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