If there's one group that we can really trust when it comes to telling us a vehicle is safe, it's the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). Their stringent safety tests and standards ensure that the rating a model gets is the rating it truly deserves, whether it's good or bad. Fortunately for us, and for all of you, the IIHS has tested the 2014 Honda Odyssey and the results are astounding.
Achieving a rating of GOOD in all tests, which happens to be the highest rating possible, the 2014 Odyssey has achieved the IIHS's highest safety designation of TOP SAFETY PICK+! While passing every test with flying colors is noteworthy, it's definitely worth making special notice of its passing the new "small overlap frontal crash" test.
The test simulates an impact between the front corner of the minivan with another vehicle or an object. Safe to say, the Odyssey kept those inside as safe as possible. Art St. Cyr, vice president of product planning and logistics at American Honda, was extremely proud of these results. "Honda's commitment to safety is perhaps best demonstrated by the fact that we achieved this high standard in a mid-cycle refresh of the 2014 Honda Odyssey. Honda's goal is to continuously advance the safety performance of every Honda vehicle to fulfill the trust our customers place in the Honda brand."1
As the automaker with more TOP SAFETY PICK+ ratings than any other in the industry, you can't go wrong with a new Honda. If you'd like to take a look at one yourself, come on down to Tom Scott Honda in Nampa, ID today and we'll help you out in any way we can.
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