Alfa Romeo Giulia gets top safety award from IIHS

Tue, Oct 3 2017

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has awarded a Top Safety Pick+ rating, its highest award, to the 2017 Alfa Romeo Giulia midsize luxury sedan — but with a caveat. The Giulia must have been built after May of this year, when the car's front-end structure was improved and the door hinge pillar and door sill were reinforced, among other changes.

Vehicles that earn the IIHS's Top Safety Pick+ must achieve good ratings in all five crash tests Â— small overlap front, moderate overlap front, side, roof strength and head restraints Â— an advanced or superior rating in front crash prevention and and acceptable or good rating for headlights.

The Giulia's optional front crash prevention system earned a superior rating after it avoided a crash in the 12 mph track test and reduced its impact speed by an average 24 mph in the 25 mph test. The car's optional curve-adaptive headlights earned a good rating, while the base headlights rated poor.

It joins 2017 versions of the Lexus ES 350, Audi A3 and A4, Volvo S60 and V60, and BMW 2 series and 3 series, as Top Safety Pick+ awardees for its segment. You can read our First Drive review of the Giulia here.

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By Sven Gustafson