2021 Acura TLX Sport Sedan Earns Pinnacle Safety Award from Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
TLX achieves highest possible 2020 IIHS safety rating: TOP SAFETY PICK+
2021 TLX debuted
all-new passenger front airbag design, recently dubbed a “Best of What’s New”
by Popular Science magazine
TORRANCE, Calif., Dec.
18, 2020—The all-new 2021 Acura TLX sport sedan
has earned a TOP SAFETY PICK+ (TSP+) rating from the Insurance Institute
for Highway Safety (IIHS), the highest possible safety rating from the
Institute.
The
2021 TLX earned TSP+ by achieving a top rating of “GOOD” in all crashworthiness
tests, a “SUPERIOR” rating for its Collision Mitigation Braking System™ (CMBS™) with Pedestrian Detection as part of
the standard AcuraWatch™ safety and driver-assistive technology, and standard
“GOOD” rated headlights. The all-new TLX joins the Acura RDX compact SUV in receiving
the Institute’s pinnacle 2020 award for the brand.
Continuing
to advance Acura’s “Safety Through Innovation” approach to enhancing safety
performance, the 2021 TLX features the newest generation of Acura's Advanced
Compatibility Engineering™ (ACE™) body structure, new high-strength steel door
stiffener rings, and for the first time, eight airbags, which includes new
driver and front-passenger knee airbags. The AcuraWatch™ suite of safety and
driver-assistive technologies is standard on every 2021 TLX, which, in addition
to Collision Mitigation Braking System™ (CMBS™) with Pedestrian Detection,
includes Adaptive Cruise Control with Low-Speed Follow, Forward Collision
Warning, Road Departure Mitigation (RDM) incorporating Lane Departure Warning
(LDW), and Lane Keeping Assist System (LKAS). Acura JewelEye™ LED headlights
help TLX achieve its best-in-class ratings.
Breaking
new ground in safety equipment, the all-new TLX debuted an innovative new multi-chamber
passenger front airbag technology which was recently recognized as a “Best of What’s
New” for 2020 by Popular Science and was further distinguished as the “Grand Award”
winner among all of the year’s automotive award entrants. Representing a major
leap forward in airbag design, it is the world’s first passenger front airbag
intended to address the recently recognized issue of severe brain trauma
associated with angled frontal collisions. This ground-breaking new technology also
will be standard equipment on the all-new 2022 Acura MDX 3-row luxury SUV when
it goes on sale early next year.
Full details on Acura’s
next-generation passenger front airbag and other safety innovations, as
featured in the all-new 2021 TLX, can be found here: acura.us/safetyinnovation.
To
earn the 2020 TOP SAFETY PICK+ award,
a vehicle must earn “GOOD” crashworthiness ratings in all test modes, including
the challenging passenger-side small overlap test. The vehicle also needs
available front crash prevention (standard on TLX) that earns an “ADVANCED” or “SUPERIOR”
rating in both vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-pedestrian testing and
standard headlights with a “GOOD” or “ACCEPTABLE” rating.
About Acura
Canada
Acura is
the luxury-performance division of Honda Canada Inc. and is a leading
automotive luxury nameplate that delivers Precision Crafted Performance, an
original approach to technology and design that creates a new driving
experience. The Acura lineup features five distinctive models – the TLX
performance luxury sedan, the ILX sport sedan, the 5-passenger RDX luxury
crossover SUV, and the Acura MDX seven-passenger luxury SUV. Acura launched its
next-generation, electrified NSX supercar as a new and pinnacle expression of
Acura Precision Crafted Performance. Acura celebrated its 30th anniversary in
Canada in February 2017 and has grown to include over 50 locations in its
dealer network across the country. For more information, please visit www.acura.ca.
