Safest 2027 compact sedans by NHTSA recall record

Highest Safety Signal among 13 compact sedan model-years, ties broken by fewest owner complaints.

#	Vehicle	Safety	Value
1	2027 Toyota Corolla	A	100 / 100
2	2027 Volkswagen Jetta	A^*	100 / 100
3	2027 Mercedes-Benz C-Class	A^*	100 / 100
4	2027 Genesis G70	A^*	100 / 100
5	2027 Aston Martin DB12 S	A^*	100 / 100
6	2027 Aston Martin DB12 V8	A^*	100 / 100
7	2027 Audi RS e-tron	A	100 / 100
8	2027 Audi S e-tron	A	100 / 100
9	2027 BMW M	A^*	100 / 100
10	2027 BMW i5	A^*	100 / 100
11	2027 Mercedes-Benz AMG GT	A^*	100 / 100
12	2027 Mercedes-Benz CLA-Class	A	100 / 100
13	2027 Volkswagen GLI	A^*	100 / 100

* Provisional: the grade starts at 100 and subtracts per recall, so a model year nothing has been filed against yet scores full marks on an empty record. It has not been driven long enough to be tested — read a starred row as untested, not as proven.

Safety Signal starts every model-year at 100 and subtracts points per open NHTSA recall campaign by severity: critical 15 (fire risk, park-outside or do-not-drive advisories), high 8 (brakes, steering, airbags, loss of drive power, structure, battery), moderate 6, minor 3 (software, labels, lighting fixed by an update). Floor 35. A ≥ 90, B ≥ 80, C ≥ 70, D ≥ 60, otherwise F. Complaint counts and NHTSA crash ratings are shown separately and are not blended into the grade. Because the scale subtracts from a clean sheet, a model year too new to have been recalled, complained about or bulletined scores full marks on an empty record; we label those grades provisional rather than present them as earned.