Top Awards for 2011 Toyota Cars, Trucks, SUV’s and Minivans

Toyota made a big showing in this year’s automotive awards.

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s “Top Safety Picks for 2011” have been released, with more vehicles included  than any previous year – and under tighter standards.

IHHS writes, “To determine crashworthiness — how well a vehicle protects its occupants in a crash — the Institute rates vehicles good, acceptable, marginal, or poor based on performance in high-speed front and side crash tests, a rollover test, plus evaluations of seat/head restraints for protection against neck injuries in rear impacts. To earn TOP SAFETY PICK for 2011 a vehicle must have good ratings in all four Institute tests. In addition, the winning vehicles must offer electronic stability control.”

Cars, minivans and SUV’s in Toyota’s 2011 line up that received IIHS’s “Top Safety Picks for 2011” award include:

• Toyota Avalon
• Scion tC
• Scion xB
• Toyota Corolla
• Toyota Sienna
• Toyota Highlander
• Toyota Venza

It’s important to note that the Toyota Sienna is the only “Top Safety Pick for 2011”  in the minivan category. This Toyota minivan also received an award from Kelley Blue Book’s kbb.com as “Best Resale Value.”  It gets kudos for having the most cargo space in its class, for being the only all-wheel-drive minivan, and for having the best combined MPG ratings of any 7-8 passenger van (according to toyota.com).

Toyota also makes a big showing in U.S. News and World Reports “2010 Best Cars for the Money” awards. Noteworthy vehicles on the list include:

• Toyota FJ Cruiser
• Toyota Camry
• Toyota Tacoma
• Toyota Prius
• Toyota Venza
• Toyota Sequoia
• Toyota Land Cruiser

The Toyota Sequoia was also awarded the “Most Dependable Large Multi-Use Vehicle” by J.D. Power and Associates – for the fourth year in a row. IntelliChoice.com gave it the “Best Overall Value of the Year for a Full-Size SUV.”

Popular Mechanics gets in on the award giving with their “Top 10 Cars of 2011: Auto Excellence Awards.” PM editor’s “record the functionality, technology, value and feel of new cars in [their] test drives.”  The 2011 Toyota Sienna was a pick.

Milton Ruben Toyota of Augusta has a large online inventory at www.MiltonRubenToyota.com.

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