We could give you 15 tries, and we don’t think you’d be able to guess the safest American car for 2026, according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. Only six American vehicles, in any segment, have scored an IIHS award this year, only two have scored a Top Safety Pick+, the non-profit’s highest honor, and only one of those two aced its car-to-car collision-avoidance tests: the Tesla Cybertruck.
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