2014 M-Class is First Mercedes-Benz to Earn TOP SAFETY PICK+ Award

By Manuel Carrillo III - October 9, 2013

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has just released its safety evaluation for the 2014 Mercedes-Benz M-Class, and the results are “Good”, meaning all its crashworthiness ratings were marked “Good”, which is the highest rating the IIHS awards vehicles. It’s time for Mercedes-Benz brass to crack open a bottle of Dom Pérignon because this is the first Mercedes-Benz product to be named an IIHS TOP SAFETY PICK+.

According to the IIHS, “Mercedes reinforced the SUV’s door sills to improve occupant protection in small overlap front crashes for models built after August 2013.”

See the ML350’s small overlap crash test in the video below.