For the sixth time in brand history, the Acura brand has earned the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s top safety rating across the entire model line, helping earn the brand a leadership position as the only luxury auto brand that can claim as much. The 2016 Acura RDX is the latest Acura model to earn the 5-Star Overall Vehicle Score from the NHTSA. Keep reading to find out more!

With its AcuraWatch suite of safety and driver-assistance safety technologies being available across the entire lineup, our team here at your Acura dealers serving Boston, Acura of Peabody, is proud of our full lineup of new Acura models and we can’t wait to demonstrate all the great safety features to our drivers. Jon Ikeda, vice president and general manager for the Acura Division, had this to say:

Customers expect luxury vehicles to have top safety performance and Acura is leading the way with advanced safety and driver assistive technologies that helped us earn the top safety ratings across the entire Acura model line. Providing leading safety performance and technology has always been a core characteristic of the Acura brand and our commitment to Acura customers.

The 2016 Acura RDX boasts more advanced active and passive safety features than ever before. The AcuraWatch suite features collision mitigation braking system, lane keeping assist system, adaptive cruise control, and blind spot information. It also features an enhanced safety design with several changes to the Advanced Compatibility Engineering (ACE) body structure that work together to help distribute crash energy more evenly through the front of the vehicle while also increasing occupant safety and crash compatibility.

To learn more about all the impressive safety features and everything else it has to offer, head on down to Acura of Peabody to speak to a member of our team today!