It's getting more difficult to earn a Top Safety Pick from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.
The IIHS raised the bar for its 2014 rating, and as a result, just 39 vehicles earned either a Top Safety Pick+ or Top Safety Pick compared to 130 vehicles in 2013.
The main difference, says IIHS President Adrian Lund in a statement, is that the "small overlap front crash is now part of our basic battery of tests, and good or acceptable performance should be part of every vehicle's safety credentials."
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