Volkswagen Tiguan Named 2020 Top Safety Pick Rating By The Insurance Institute For Highway Safety

• Tiguan joins 64 vehicles on the TOP SAFETY PICK list

•This is the third year Tiguan earns all 'good' ratings for crashworthiness and a superior rating for front crash prevention

Herndon, VA — Volkswagen of America, Inc. announced today that the 2020 Tiguan was named a 2020 IIHS TOP SAFETY PICK by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) when equipped with LED headlights and the Adaptive Front-lighting System (AFS) w/ dynamic cornering headlights.

To qualify for a 2020 TOP SAFETY PICK or TOP SAFETY PICK+ award, vehicles must have good ratings in each of the Institute's six crashworthiness evaluations. They must also have good or acceptable headlights and available front crash prevention that earns advanced or superior ratings in both vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-pedestrian evaluations. The 2020 Tiguan earns good ratings in the six crashworthiness evaluations and a superior rating for the Front Assist system—now standard on all Tiguan models.

Volkswagen's Forward Collision Warning and Autonomous Emergency Braking with Pedestrian Monitoring (Front Assist) is intended to help warn drivers of potential frontal collisions (Forward Collision Warning) with vehicles and pedestrians, and in some cases provide automatic braking assistance (Autonomous Emergency Braking). Within physical system limits, Forward Collision Warning can warn the driver of potential critical front-end collision situations, both acoustically and visually by a warning symbol in the instrument cluster if the car is traveling above 18 mph. Furthermore, an automatic jolt of the brakes can warn the driver of the danger. If the driver fails to brake, or if the car is traveling below 18 mph, Autonomous Emergency Braking is activated to help slow the vehicle. If the brake pedal is applied but the driver brakes too lightly, the brake pressure is increased by the system (Braking Support).

In addition to Front Assist, other driver assistance features offered on the 2020 Tiguan include: standard Blind Spot Monitor (Side Assist) and Rear Traffic Alert, and available Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC), Lane Keeping System (Lane Assist), and Overhead View Camera (Area View).

Starting at $24,945 for front-wheel-drive models and $26,245 for all-wheel-drive models, the 2020 Tiguan is available in five trim levels—S, SE, SE R-Line Black, SEL, and SEL Premium R-Line. For 2020, the Tiguan welcomes the next-generation Car-Net® telematics system and available wireless charging for compatible devices.

IIHS launched its front crash prevention rating program in 2013 to help consumers sort through the maze of available technologies and zero in on the systems it determines to be most effective. For more information on IIHS, visit www.iihs.org. All IIHS ratings are available at http://www.iihs.org/iihs/ratings.

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