Nissan named Best for Standard Assist & Safety Features in 2026 Parents Best Family Car Awards

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Nissan has been recognized by Parents with the award for Best Standard Assist & Safety Features as part of its 2026 Best Family Cars Awards. The honor highlights Nissan’s commitment to making advanced safety and driver-assistance technologies more widely available and easy for families to use.

To determine this year’s winners, Parents experts spent months test‑driving more than 150 vehicles across every major segment, evaluating safety technology, ease of installation for child seats, real-world drivability and overall family readiness.

Judges noted that while advanced driver assistance and safety features have become more common across the industry, Nissan stands out for delivering a robust suite of technologies paired with simple, intuitive operation. Parents praised Nissan for thoughtful integration of safety and driver-assist features that enhance the driving experience without unnecessary complexity, offering families meaningful protection the moment they get behind the wheel.

The award specifically recognizes Nissan’s ProPILOT Assist¹ system and the brand’s Safety Shield® 360 technologies¹. ProPILOT Assist streamlines highway driving with single‑button activation and clear dashboard indicators, helping manage speed, lane centering and steering support.

ProPILOT Assist 2.1², Nissan's most advanced driver assistance technology, allows attentive drivers to take their hands off the steering wheel in single-lane freeway operation, while the system handles acceleration, steering and braking on more than 200,000 miles of compatible highways.

Safety Shield® 360 provides an additional layer of confidence with six standard features: Automatic Emergency Braking with Pedestrian Detection, Rear Automatic Braking, Blind Spot Warning, Rear Cross-Traffic Alert, Lane Departure Warning and High Beam Assist. Using cameras, radar, and sonar, these systems monitor the area around the vehicle to help prevent collisions and increase driver awareness—supporting families in a wide range of daily driving scenarios.

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1. Driver-assist and safety features have limitations which affect how they function in certain situations. The driver must never rely exclusively on any vehicle feature to warn about, prevent, or lessen the severity of a collision.  It is the driver's responsibility to always be in control, monitor the surroundings, and safely operate the vehicle. Read your vehicle's Owner's Manual for further information.
2. Consumer activation of NissanConnect Services ProPILOT Assist 2.1 package required for ProPILOT Assist 2.1 functionality. Package trial period included with new vehicle purchase. Trial period may be subject to change or termination at any time and without notice.  After trial period ends, monthly subscription fee required. See www.nissanusa.com/connect/legal for more subscription information.  ProPILOT Assist 2.1 cannot prevent collisions. It is the driver's responsibility to be in control of the vehicle and monitor traffic conditions at all times. Hands-off freeway driving is possible when driving in a single lane, on the condition that the driver remains attentive on the road ahead and is prepared to immediately take manual control of the steering wheel when conditions of the road, traffic, and vehicle require it. System operates only when lane markings are detected.  Does not function in all weather, traffic and road conditions.  System has limited control capability and the driver may need to steer, brake or accelerate at any time to maintain safety.  See Owner's Manual for safety information.