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 2012 Passat Earns IIHS Top Safety Pick VW Brand Department

September 2011,

Today the all-new 2012 Passat was awarded the coveted Insurance Institute of
Highway Safety (IIHS) top safety pick, which is the highest rating possible from the
non-profit safety research organization!

The annual rating recognizes those vehicles that perform best in protecting passengers
in the Institute's front, side, and rear crash test evaluations, and the newly required
roof-strength test evaluations. The Institute only awards top safety pick ratings to
vehicles that are fitted with electronic stability control and head protection airbags.
Volkswagen now has eight 2011 IIHS top safety picks. Other Volkswagen models to
receive this rating are: CC 2.0T TSI, Jetta, SportWagen, Tiguan, Touareg and fourdoor
Golf and GTI models.