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The
hot hatchback has picked up yet another accolade besides
being a perennial enthusiast favorite
: the
Top Safety Pick award. That makes it one of very few ostensibly sporty compacts with such a high safety award.
The
also earned a Top Safety Pick, and the
earned a Top Safety Pick+.
The
earned its award by getting the highest “Good” rating in all of its
except the passenger small-overlap test. In that test, the GTI scored the second-highest “Acceptable” rating. The GTI’s available automatic emergency
also earned top marks for preventing a crash at speeds up to 25 mph. The GTI’s available LED headlights also were rated as “Acceptable,” which was enough for Top Safety Pick. To get the highest Top Safety Pick+ score, the passenger small-overlap and headlight performance would have to improve to “Good.”
Worth noting is the fact that only the available LED headlights earned an “Acceptable” rating. The base S trim level’s headlights were rated “Poor.” Also, the automatic emergency braking system is standard on all but the S trim, in which it’s an option. Interestingly, the GTI is the only
tested by the IIHS to get the Top Safety Pick, due to poor headlight performance on other models. We would expect the
to get the same rating as the GTI, but it doesn’t appear to have been tested by the IIHS yet.
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