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Honda’s 2019 HR-V has earned Top Safety Pick status thanks to improvements in its structure, headlights and safety tech options that boosted its score in testing by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.
You still have to move up to higher trim levels to get the equipment for the safest HR-V, but the structural improvements that boosted the small overlap front crash-test score from acceptable to the top rating of good required for a Top Safety Pick award should apply to all trim levels. The 2019 HR-V now has the top good scores in all six IIHS crashworthiness tests.
Higher Rating Equals Higher Price
And you have to opt for the top Touring trim level (starting at $29,535) to get the Top Safety Pick LED headlights that earned the required acceptable minimum score. The HR-V’s other headlight options were scored poor, as were all headlights available for the 2018 HR-V.
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To qualify for a 2019 Top Safety Pick award from IIHS, a vehicle must earn good ratings in the driver-side small overlap front, moderate overlap front, side, roof strength and head restraint tests, as well as a good or acceptable rating in the passenger-side small overlap front test. It also needs an advanced or superior rating for front crash prevention and a good or acceptable headlight rating.
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