The Acura MDX and RLX Top Crash Safety Scores

CHICAGO - March 7, 2014 - PRLog -- As if the vehicles carried by Chicagoland Acura Dealers were not already flying off the lot, being excellent combinations of affordability and luxury, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has just granted two of them—the 2014 RLX and 2014 MDX—their highest safety rating: Top Safety Pick+.

The 2014 Acura MDX has already received its fair share of attention. Designers at the automaker decided to re-envision their popular SUV from the ground up, despite its past successes. And in doing so, they managed to develop a vehicle that is getting all of the attention, especially for its high safety.

The 2014 Acura RLX, on the other hand, is one of the most stunning sedans on the road today, the mixture of engineering and intuition into a streamlined, powerful middleweight car. That it tops the safety ratings of the IIHS is just icing on the cake.

Yet both of these vehicles, in addition to their incredible status as leaders in their class, are also some of the safest on the road. The Top Safety Pick+ award was just recently developed, and it only goes to vehicles that score the best possible rating of “good” in moderate overlap front, side, roof strength and head restraint tests.

Additionally, each vehicle has to earn a good or acceptable rating in the small overlap front test and include some level of high-tech features that can help prevent an accident. They don't hand these out to just anyone.

Readers interested in learning more about the IIHS rankings or looking to set up a test drive of either the 2014 Acura MDX or the 2014 Acura RLX can find a nearby Chicagoland Acura Dealer. With many convenient locations in and around the greater Chicago area, they make it easy for a driver to get behind the wheel of an affordable luxury vehicle.

Chicagoland Acura Dealers includes Joe Rizza Acura, Acura of Libertyville, Muller's Woodfield Acura, McGrath Acura of Westmont, Continental Acura of Naperville, Arlington Acura in Palatine, Ed Napleton Acura, McGrath Acura of Morton Grove, Pauly Acura, McGrath Acura of Downtown Chicago, and Muller Acura of Merrillville