Auto Insurance: Safest Small and Midsize Cars
Written by Jay Steele
If you are a responsible driver, you check auto safety ratings before you buy a new vehicle. You understand the importance of making such decision because it will effect not only the safety of yours and your passengers, but also the cost of your car insurance policy.
There're many different criterias which make auto insurance cheaper, such as driving experience, age, type of car etc. Type of the car is one of the most important and here's the list of those which help lower your auto insurance rate.
This top picks for the most safe vehicles in 2015 are provided by The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. The safety of a car determines by high-speed front, rear and side crash tests.
Two main criterias required to be named "top safety pick":
- a "good" rating in all three tests (front, side and rear)
- electronic stability control (ESC) on board, which has been shown to significantly reduce crashes, especially single-vehicle accidents.
This is the list of a small and midsize cars of top safety which make your car insurance cheaper and driving more safe.
- Minicars
Chevrolet SparkHonda Fit
- Small Cars
Chevrolet VoltDodge DartFord C-Max HybridFord FocusHonda Civic 2-door coupeHonda Civic 4-door sedanHyundai Elantra (Applies only to sedan models)Kia SoulLexus CT 200hMazda 3Mini Cooper CountrymanMitsubishi Lancer (doesn't apply to Ralliart & Evolution models)Scion FR-SScion tCSubaru BRZSubaru ImprezaSubaru WRXSubaru XV CrosstekToyota PriusVolkswagen Golf (applies only to 4-door models)Volkswagen GTI (applies only to 4-door models)
- Midsize Moderately Priced Cars
Chevrolet MalibuChrysler 200Ford FusionHonda Accord 2-door coupeHonda Accord 4-door sedanHyundai SonataKia OptimaMazda 6Nissan AltimaSubaru LegacySubaru OutbackToyota CamryToyota Prius vVolkswagen JettaVolkswagen Passat