We don't need to tell you that Volvo has a long history of safety innovation. This is the company that invented the modern safety belt and gave the patent away for free. Volvo created the first rearward-facing children's seat, and the brand incorporated blind-spot monitoring systems into its cars years before Mazda and Ford would do the same in the late 00's. Volvo has long been regarded as the best of the best when it comes to keeping occupants safe, so how come the automaker only just now scored its second safety award of the year, for the Volvo XC90 plug-in?
And the other award? That one was for an XC90, too, being the standard hybrid version of the car. As far as safety concerns go, these two hybrid SUVs are effectively the same car in more ways than not, so this award was all but inevitable. It just took further testing to make it official. So, any Volvo without "XC90" in its name is coming away from its IIHS test with nothing but a pat on the back. Aren't Volvos supposed to be the safest cars on the road? What the heck is going on?
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