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Kia Sportage: Top Safety Pick


The All New 2011 KIA Sportage joins the rest of the KIA line up as a IIHS TOP Safety Pick!


When you consider that the 2011 Optima K-5 and 2012 K-7 have been designed to meet all parameters to qualify for the same TOP Safety Pick honor, KIA could be the only brand in the entire industry to boast that every vehicle in our lineup is a TOP SAFETY PICK by early next year!!!  That's Really BIG!

2011 Kia Sportage safety: Top Safety Pick by Insurance Institute For Highway Safety

?Insurance Institute for Highway Safety Picks 2011 Kia Sportage crossover vehicle as the 2010 Top Safety Pick!The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety or IIHS, has chosen the 2011 Kia Sportage crossover vehicle -CUV as the 2010 Top Safety Pick in the category of small crossover vehicles. The ratings were based on side, frontal, rear, and rollover-including roof strength, tests for safety in an impact crash. The rating of "Good" is the highest rating achievable and the 2011 Kia Sportage safety record proves this.

Ratings from the Institute are based on results from frontal, side and rear impact crash tests, and for 2010 a good performance in a roof strength test - to measure protection in a rollover - also was required to win. Each vehicle's overall evaluation was based on various measurements specific to each crash angle, and overall impact on crash test dummies inside the vehicle at the time of collision. All vehicles must have electronic stability control available tobe eligible.

The 2011 Kia Sportage has joined the Soul crossover, Forte compact sedan, 2011 Sorento compact crossover utility vehicle and Sedona minivan which have all been named a "Top Safety Pick" by the US-based IIHS before. Kia Sedona minivan was the very first Kia vehicle in the States that won prestigious IIHS Top Safety Pick award. This was achieved back in 2006. Like any other Kia car, the 2011 Sportage crossover is also equipped with a large number of standard safety features. Both trims () come outfitted with driver and passenger advanced front airbags, front seat-mounted side airbags and side-curtain airbags.

The 2011 Sportage is also equipped with front active headrests, four-wheel Antilock Brake System ABS,  ESC system, Electronic Brake Distribution -EBD, Tire Pressure Monitoring System -TPMS and Brake Assist System -BAS. There are also Downhill Brake Control -DBC and Hill Start Assist Control -HAC available on both Sportage trims.