His Royal Highness Prince Michael of Kent has awarded Volvo Cars a special international award(1) to mark the 50th Anniversary of the invention of the three-point safety belt and in acknowledgement of the company's vision to design cars that should not crash.
Volvo Cars' crash-test laboratory in Torslanda turns 10 this year - and the almost 3,000 full-scale tests that have been carried out during the high-tech facility's first decade have helped give Volvo owners even safer cars.
The 2011 Volvo XC60 luxury crossover has been awarded NHTSA's highest rating - 5 stars - for frontal and side impact collisions. The 2011 Volvo XC60 is the most recent Volvo vehicle to be acknowledged by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) as a Top Safety Pick.