FROM PRESS RELEASE
BRUCE HUBBARD
BRADLEY HUBBARD
WE LOVE THE 2017 VOLKSWAGEN LINEUP OF VEHICLES.
WILL GIVE COMPLETE REVIEW OF ATLAS ONCE DRIVEN.
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Volkswagen of America, Inc.
recently announced that the all-new, seven-passenger 2018 Volkswagen Atlas,
when equipped with available Forward Collision Warning and Autonomous Emergency
Braking (Front Assist), has earned a 2017 TOP SAFETY PICK award by the Insurance
Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS).
The 2017 TOP SAFETY PICK
award is issued to vehicles that have earned “Good” ratings in IIHS crash tests
evaluated in five categories: frontal impact moderate overlap; frontal impact
small overlap; side impact; roof strength; and head restraints. It must also
offer an autonomous emergency braking system (AEB) that earns at least an
advanced rating for front crash prevention. The 2018 Atlas earned a “Superior”
rating on the AEB test.
“Volkswagen’s commitment to safety
and driver assistance technology is unwavering. We take great responsibility to
ensure our driver assistance technologies get smarter,” said Hendrik Muth,
Senior Vice President, Product Marketing and Strategy. “The Atlas is an example
of our ongoing commitment to offering these features, and we are proud it has
been recognized as an IIHS 2017 TOP SAFETY PICK.”
The Atlas is the only
vehicle in its class to offer the Automatic Post-Collision Braking System,
which is standard across all trims. This system builds on the premise that a
collision is rarely a single, instantaneous action, but rather a series of
events that follow the initial impact—the most significant of which can cause
additional collisions. The Automatic Post-Collision Braking System addresses
this by applying the brakes when a primary collision is detected by the airbag
sensors, thus helping reduce residual kinetic energy and, in turn, the chance
of additional damage.
Other driver assist systems
available in the Atlas include Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC); Blind Spot
Monitor with Rear Traffic Alert, Lane Departure Warning (Lane Assist), front
and rear Park Distance Control (ParkPilot), Parking Steering Assistant (Park
Assist); High Beam Control (Light Assist) and Overhead View Camera (Area View).
IIHS launched its front
crash prevention rating program in 2013 to help consumers sort through the maze
of available technologies and focus on the most effective systems. For more
information on IIHS, visit www.iihs.org. All
IIHS ratings are available at http://www.iihs.org/iihs/ratings.
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