* The 2013 Ford Focus earned a Top Safety Pick+ rating from
the Insurance Institute for Highway
(IIHS), demonstrating Ford’s commitment to vehicle safety
* 2013 Ford Focus is one of only six small cars tested to
earn top marks from IIHS
* Focus previously earned the federal government’s highest
safety rating – a five-star Overall Vehicle Score from the National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration
The 2013 Ford Focus earned a Top Safety Pick+ rating from
the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. Focus is one of six vehicles in the
small car segment to achieve IIHS’s highest rating.
Top Safety Pick+ is a new category in the IIHS ratings.
Vehicles must earn a “good” rating for occupant protection in four evaluations:
moderate overlap frontal crash, side impact, rollover, and seats/head
restraints. The tests are scored “good,” “acceptable,” “marginal” or “poor.” In
addition, vehicles must achieve “good” or “acceptable” in a fifth test – small
overlap frontal crash. Focus was rated “good” in each of the first four tests
and “acceptable” in the small overlap frontal crash.