The Audi A4 and Audi A5 Sportback have earned the excellence of being IIHS High Security Picks for the 2020 and 2021 mannequin years. The Insurance coverage Institute for Freeway Security gave it “Good” rankings for each crash check it performs. It additionally examined the automobiles’ entrance crash prevention programs, and the Audis earned the highest-possible “Superior” score for vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-pedestrian situations.
The one component preserving the pair of Audis away from being High Security Decide+ picks are their headlight scores. Whereas the Status trim’s headlights obtained a “Good” rating, the Premium Plus was solely rated “Acceptable,” and the Premium trims have been rated “Marginal.” Because of this solely the Premium Plus and Status earn the High Security Decide honor, whereas the Premium trim will get no award. The IIHS says the problem with the Premium trim headlights was an insufficient quantity of illumination on curves.
Headlight rankings have been the reason for various automobiles lacking out on the TSP or TSP+ score as of late. Nonetheless, quite a few producers have modified their headlight lineup or lighting expertise to carry out higher just lately, resulting in the IIHS handing them the awards for doing so. If Audi desires the TSP+ award and never simply the TSP, it might must convey the headlights from the Premium Plus mannequin all the way down to the Premium trim as normal gear. Any automobile that has a trim degree with a Marginal headlight score is mechanically disqualified from TSP+ consideration, regardless of the crash check scores. Audi did precisely what we described above with the A7 from the 2020 to 2021 mannequin yr, so it might very nicely do the identical for the A4 and A5 Sportback.
