Winter driving can be down-right treacherous. When weighing the value of a new vehicle, safety takes the lead. All fachets of safety, like reliability, the safety of knowing your investment won’t let you do in an unsafe place or time. Also, safety features as monitored, crash-tested and reported by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). Again, the Mazda3, Mazda6 and Mazda CX-5 have received TOP HONORS by the IIHS for their use of “State of the ART” safety features. Mazda calls it “Activsense” Some call it common-sense. click here to learn more.