The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) awarded the new Audi Q6 e-tron its coveted 2025 Top Safety Pick+ rating. The U.S.-based organization validated the Q6 e-tron’s comprehensive array of convenience and safety features with its highest rating, despite changes to its crash test criteria this year.
The Q6 e-tron earned the distinction by meeting the IIHS’ tougher criteria for 2025. This change in evaluations reduced the number of vehicles currently qualifying for the organization’s safety rating.
In securing the Top Safety Pick+ rating, the new Q6 e-tron demonstrated exceptional crashworthiness across multiple tests.
The new Q6 e-tron achieved top ratings in all evaluations, including a revamped moderate-overlap front crash test. This updated protocol introduces a second-row crash test dummy to better assess injury risks to rear-seat occupants—one of the most pressing areas of focus for the IIHS in its latest safety criteria. The new Q6 e-tron received the top “good” rating in the updated test, which is required to qualify for IIHS’ highest rating.
Beyond structural performance, also credited in the rating are the new Q6 e-tron’s safety technologies. These include adaptive cruise control with lane guidance, front emergency brake assist, swerve Assist, front turn assist, front cross traffic assist, side assist providing blind spot monitoring, lane-departure assist, rear cross-traffic assist, rear turn assist, passenger exit warning, park assist, and augmented reality head-up display.
To qualify for the Top Safety Pick+ award, a vehicle must earn “Good” ratings in the small overlap front and updated side crash tests, and at least an “Acceptable” performance in pedestrian crash prevention systems under both day and night conditions. It must also offer acceptable or good-rated headlights across all trims.
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