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IIHS put the Mazda 3 sedan as one of their Top Safety Picks which to me and other Mazda owners is great. If Mazda put that much work into make the Mazda 3 sedan as safe as it is, just imagine what they did with the Mazda 2 to make it a safe vehicle.

It's things like this that reminds me why i went with Mazda rather than any other brand!!

The Insurance Istitute for Highway Safety has awarded the 2011 Mazda3 its coveted Top Safety Pick award. Both the 3 hatchback and sedan received "good" ratings when put up against the IIHS's roof crush machine, which applies constant pressure to the roof of the car. To earn a "good" rating, the car's roof has to withstand pressure equal to four times the car's weight before being compressed five inches.

The Mazda3 sedan's roof withstood a force equal to 5.32 times its weight, while the hatchback gave up at 5.09 times its weight. The federal requirement for rollover tests is 1.5 times a car's weight.

The 2011 Mazda3 sedan also earned a "good" rating in a 31-mile per hour simulated impact with a truck or SUV. Thanks to side curtain air bags and seat bolster air bags, the dummies' heads were kept safe. Despite the hard hit, there was limited intrusion into the passenger compartment.

The Top Safety Pick award only applies to Mazda3s made after December, 2010 for the 2011 model year. For 2011, Mazda added electronic stability control as standard, a requirement for the award, and strengthened the car's roof structure.

link.... http://www.autoblog.com/2011/03/22/mazda3-earns-top-safety-pick-award-from-iihs/

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I wonder how the mazda2 will respond.. keeping in mind it is a much much smaller car..

Maybe it'll fold into a cube haha, but hopefully i'll never find out lol