The 2015 Volkswagen Jetta earned the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s highest award, Top Safety Pick+, after a structural upgrade to improve small overlap protection and the addition of an optional front crash prevention system.

Although the car didn’t get a full redesign, the A-pillars and door sills were strengthened for the 2015 model year. As a result, the Jetta’s small overlap rating improved to good, compared with the marginal rating of earlier models.