Washington, November 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) today announced that the 2023 Mazda3 Sedan and 2023 Mazda3 Hatchback achieved best performance, becoming the only 11 compact cars to receive the highest new rating of “Good.” ” announced that it has won the evaluation. , a more severe side impact test. IIHS has developed an updated side impact test that simulates a more severe collision using a fast moving, heavier barrier as the impact vehicle.
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Last year, the 2017-22 Mazda CX-5 was the only vehicle out of 20 small SUVs to receive a ‘good’ rating in the same test. Earlier this year, the 2017-22 Mazda CX-9 also scored the highest “Good” rating, making it one of his two midsize SUVs to score “Good” ratings in all categories of testing. stood out.
“We are proud to add the Mazda3 to Mazda’s list of best performing vehicles in terms of side crash safety. We have applied the lessons learned to provide the same level of occupant protection in our smaller vehicle, the Mazda3.”
Starting with the 2023 model year, the Mazda3 is equipped with additional rear side airbags, seatbelt pretensioners and seatbelt load limiters designed to reduce occupant injury in a crash.
Mazda is proud to add this top achievement to the IIHS list of accolades. This includes all tested Mazda vehicles that have won the IIHS 2022. top safety pick+, highest safety award. These vehicles include Mazda3 sedans and hatchbacks, CX-30, CX-5, CX-9 and the all-new CX-50.
IIHS is an independent, non-governmental safety testing organization funded by the insurance industry. For more information, please visit https://www.iihs.org/ratings/top-safety-picks.
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