SUVs are sport utility vehicles, and today there are a variety of compact, mid-size, and full-size SUVs available on the market. Each kind of SUV offers an array of features for the owner. SUVs generally offer a spacious cargo hold and AWD, a feature that is especially great for the outdoor type with a love for off-roading or those living in snowy areas. However, many families buying SUVs are concerned with safety.
The following are the top rated SUVs for safety:
1. Honda CRV
Safety features include AWD, keyless entry, a blind-spot monitor, child safety locks, traction control, and a cross-traffic alert system. Benefits: According to car-buying-strategies.com, the CRV is filled with safety benefits. From adaptive cruise control to the blind-spot monitor and cross-traffic alert system mentioned above, the CRV strives to keep both the driver and passengers safe in their SUV.
2. Toyota RAV4
Safety features include radar cruise control, a pre-collision system, and a lane tracing assistant and lane departure alert system. For extra, the buyer can add front/rear parking assist and blind-spot monitoring. Benefits: optimal gas mileage, a large cargo hold, comes standard with safety features you might have to pay more for in other vehicles, and it offers a smooth ride for the driver and passengers.
3. Mazda CX5
According to cars.usnews.com, the Mazda CX5 is top-rated with both the IIHS and NHTSA for safety. Safety features include a rearview camera, a rear cross-traffic alert system. For extra, buyers can add features like a surround-view camera system, lane keep assist, and traffic sign recognition, along with a few others. Benefits: The CX5 has great handling, a more affordable price compared to other SUVs on the market, good fuel economy, and the buyer can choose between five different trims for a customized vehicle.
4. Subaru Forrester
Safety features include AWD, a rearview back-up camera, pre-collision braking, pre-collision throttle management, and a rear seat reminder alert. Benefits: The Subaru Forrester offers many different benefits, especially for families. With plenty of cargo space and driver assists, as well as the new rear seat-belt reminder ensuring passengers, even in the back, are buckled, peace of mind is sure with this SUV choice.
5. Audi Q3
Safety features include a frontal pedestrian sensor, hill descent assist, and adaptive cruise control with technology that will cause it to apply the brakes and come to a halt automatically should the situation need it. Benefits: a 360-degree surround camera makes for easier parking as once you find the spot you want to park, you let the vehicle know, and it will do the rest, and it also boasts high-performance reviews according to carindigo.com.
6. BMW X5
Safety features include a blind-spot monitor, cross-traffic alert, forward pedestrian and cyclist detection, and a lane departure warning system according to nadaguides.com.
Benefits of the X5 include an optional remote engine start, 72 cubic feet of cargo space, a dynamic damper control allowing you to have better control and a variety of terrains, and an extended traffic jam assistant according to hotcars.com.
7. Kia Telluride
Some safety features of the Kia Telluride include a rearview camera, forward collision warning, rear parking sensors, and a safe exiting system that lets passengers know if there is oncoming traffic. Benefits include seating for up to eight people, something that is a little less common for many of the standard SUV’s on the market, extensive cargo space, and it touts a long warranty.
