![]() The standard 3.2-liter six-cylinder engine easily meets the demands of daily driving, offering 240 horsepower and an EPA-estimated 19/25 mpg City/Highway with front-wheel drive.įor those who value quick acceleration, a 325-horsepower turbocharged engine is available that adds excitement and thrill. For 2012, the new XC60 Polestar offers an increase of 25 horsepower and 29 foot-pounds of torque. We tested the Polestar XC60, and it's hot. It's rated 17/23 mpg with all-wheel drive. The XC60 seats four quite comfortably, five with a bit of coziness, and it offers more cargo space than nearly all its competitors. The XC60 looks like a smaller version of the XC90, and it doesn't shout family-mobile. The 2012 Volvo XC60 R-Design gets boosted by Volvo's high-performance partner, Polestar, raising horsepower and torque through software. Otherwise, the XC60 carries over to the 2012 model year unchanged. XC60 was launched as a 2010 model. For 2011, the R-Design model was added. The Volvo XC60 is the smallest of the Volvo crossover family, which includes the XC70 and XC90. A compact SUV about the size of a Honda CR-V, the Volvo XC60 competes favorably with the Acura MDX, Audi Q5, BMW X3, and Mercedes-Benz GLK. There may be minor changes to current model you are looking at. That's why we made this list, to provide you with the widest possible selection of safe, used crossovers.The following review is for a 2012 Model Year. Of course, there are other factors which should also figure into your purchase decision: The top choice for a safe midsize crossover, your very best bets-according to IIHS test results, are:Įach won multiple TSP and TSP+ awards. It's important to remember that even having a single TSP win to its name means that vehicle is among the safest of its kind in the year it was made-so no matter which crossover on this list strikes your fancy, it's a good bet for safety. If there are restrictions or requirements to earn the TSP award in a given model year (vehicles built after a certain date, or equipped with certain features) those will be listed alongside the year applicable. For vehicles that have won both TSP and TSP+ awards over the years, each will be listed separately. In the list, you'll see vehicles ranked by their number of wins, followed by the years in which they won the TSP award. We've trawled through the winners of the Top Safety Pick and Top Safety Pick+ awards for the 2010 through 2017 model years, looking for the safest of the safe in the midsize SUV and midsize luxury SUV category-categories that cover pretty much every crossover on the market. ![]() The IIHS Top Safety Pick & Top Safety Pick+ Winners (2010 - 2017) ![]() So if you want the safest car made this year, look at the latest results. The IIHS' ratings give both new-car and used-car shoppers alike a window into what may be the safest vehicles of each model year. That's great for buyers of new cars, but what does it mean for the used car buyer? New And Used Cars Are Covered The best performers in each category get the award of Top Safety Pick, with more recent years also offering a Top Safety Pick+ designation for cars that offer additional safety technology or features even beyond those of the Top Safety Pick winners. Each year, the IIHS performs a suite of rigorous crash tests, evaluates other safety features and technologies offered on a given model of car and assigns ratings. That's where data from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) comes in. But which ones are the safest? How Safety Is Evaluated Fortunately for those of us in the used car market, that means there are millions upon millions of crossovers to choose from. ![]() Over the last several decades, the American car market has seen a new type of car rise to become one of the most popular of all time: the crossover. ![]()
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