“The Honda Odyssey just made history by earning the highest marks from both the Institute for Highway Safety and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration,” reports Griffith Honda.

The Institute for Highway Safety award “recognizes vehicles that do the best job of protecting vehicle occupants involved in front, side and rear crashes, plus rollover performance based on ratings in IIHS tests, as well as having a standard electronic stability control system.”  The Institute for Highway Safety has just updated their tests and recently installed a new and more difficult grading scale, which the Odyssey passed with flying colors.  As a result the Honda Odyssey is an Institute for Highway Safety top safety pick.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration gave the car the best possible “Overall Vehicle Scores” making the Odyssey one of the few vehicles to ever achieve the highest marks in this category.  This review included the following tests:

• Frontal crash safety test
• Side crash safety tests
• Front and rear seating positions and scenarios
• Rollover

The Honda Odyssey has some of the best safety features available for a vehicle and for Portland Honda shoppers..  The Advanced Compatibility Engineering body structure ensures that each passenger is protected by the sheer design of the car.  It helps with distributing energy from a crash evenly throughout the body of the car to help take away energy from the site of initial impact.

Many other safety features come standard on the Odyssey some include:

• Vehicle Stability Assist™ with traction control
• Anti-lock Braking System (ABS)
• Three-row side curtain airbags with rollover sensor
• Dual-stage, multiple-threshold front airbags
• Driver’s front side airbag
• Front passenger’s side airbag with an occupant position detection system

Portland OR Honda Drivers Test Drive New Odyssey

Honda encompasses all elements of a functional car, most importantly safety, and in addition includes some interior features that are quite impressive, according to Portland Honda shoppers.

The Odyssey’s entertainment system will keep everyone happy whether you’re on one of those long road trips or just going down the road.  The newest feature is called, “Song by Voice” and it allows the driver to command your favorite song by simply saying it out loud.  It doesn’t get much easier than that.  Another feature you just can’t live with out is your HandsFree Bluetooth, allowing you to make phone calls without being distracted.

Another great feature sure to make the driver happy are the rear-view cameras to make it easy to see things that are behind you.  The cameras and navigation system to get you where you are going the fastest way possible are offered in an upgraded package that is optional.

Head to Griffith Honda for more information on the 2011 Honda Odyssey for sale near Portland OR, or call  866-355-5931 to talk to one odf our Honda experts.