Volvo V60 Plug-In Hybrid Receives Highest EuroNCAP Score for Plug-in

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V60 Plug-In Hybrid has received a five-star Euro NCAP safety rating, which makes it the safest plug-in hybrid ever tested by the safety agency. The standard version has the same five-star rating. 

To aid the car's safety rating, the battery pack is located under the floor in a reinforced container. It also keeps the car's center of gravity low. 

"The Plug-in Hybrid has been exposed to an extensive test program during the development phase, as all our new car models. This includes full-scale crash tests with different load cases, such as frontal collision, rear and side collisions to verify that also the battery technology fulfills our stringent safety requirements," said Jan Ivarsson, safety manager at Volvo. 

Unfortunately, interested buyers will have to wait through most of next year to buy a V60 Plug-In Hybrid because the first 1,000 cars were sold out before they even arrived at dealers, and the company is already taking preorders for the 4,000-6,000 2014 model year cars that it is making.