WASHINGTON, Dec. 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Mazda North American Operations (MNAO) is honored to announce that the 2024 Mazda3 sedan, Mazda3 hatchback and Mazda CX-30 have earned TOP SAFETY PICK+ awards from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS).

“Mazda is proud to add to our list of top award winners,” mentioned Tom Donnelly, president and CEO of Mazda North America Operations. “We do so out of our constant pursuit of advanced safety, always aiming to provide our customers with the highest level of support and protection.”

Earlier this 12 months, the 2023 Mazda 3 sedan, Mazda3 hatchback and Mazda CX-30 earned IIHS’s lower-tier TOP SAFETY PICK award. System enhancements have been made to those fashions for the 2024 mannequin 12 months, permitting them to earn the highest, superior rankings in IIHS’s pedestrian crash avoidance rankings, together with their new nighttime assessments.

To qualify for TOP SAFETY PICK+ in 2023, a automobile should earn ranking within the driver-side small overlap entrance, passenger-side small overlap entrance, unique reasonable overlap entrance and up to date aspect assessments. Acceptable or good headlights have to be normal throughout all trims, and a entrance crash prevention system that earns superior or superior rankings in each the daytime and nighttime vehicle-to-pedestrian evaluations have to be accessible.

In distinction, for the lower-tier TOP SAFETY PICK award, an appropriate ranking within the up to date aspect take a look at is sufficient, and solely a sophisticated or superior ranking within the daytime vehicle-to-pedestrian take a look at is important.

The 2024 Mazda3 and CX-30 fashions now be part of 2024 Mazda CX-90 as recipients of the 2023 TOP SAFETY PICK+, the best award in security, whereas the 2024 Mazda CX-5 and CX-50 at the moment maintain the distinguishment of being 2023 TOP SAFETY PICK award winners. These awards have been received with security options that Mazda is happy to supply as normal tools on all fashions.

Mazda North American Operations is headquartered in Irvine, California, and oversees the gross sales, advertising and marketing, elements and customer support help of Mazda autos in the United States, Canada, Mexico and Colombia by way of roughly 795 sellers. Operations in Canada are managed by Mazda Canada Inc. in Richmond Hill, Ontario; operations in Mexico are managed by Mazda Motor de Mexico in Mexico City; and operations in Colombia are managed by Mazda de Colombia in Bogota, Colombia. For extra info on Mazda autos, together with pictures and B-roll, please go to the net Mazda media heart at information.mazdausa.com.

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