World’s Safest Car
The new Hyundai Genesis has attained perfect scores across all 29 segments of a collision test by the Insurance Institute of Highway Safety (IIHS), becoming the first passenger car to ever do so.
The IIHS included the new Genesis into the category of Top Safety Pick+ on May 7 (local time). At present, Volvo’s S60 and S80, the Honda Accord and some others are in the TSP+ category, but the new Genesis is the first passenger car in the world to win top marks in all segments.
In addition, the new Genesis won the highest marks in the Small Overlap Frontal Crash Test of the IIHS that has been in place since 2012. The test is carried out by having only the front part of the driver’s seat crashed at a speed of 64 km per hour. Even the most popular models of leading global automakers have failed to pass the test.
“The excellent test results can be attributed to the ratio of advanced high strength steel of as high as 51.5 percent, the autonomous emergency braking system, the nine-airbag system and the like,” Hyundai Motor Company explained, adding, “The results will be a boon for the expansion of the sales of the new Genesis down the road.”
The IIHS is a non-profit vehicle safety organization jointly managed by 80 or so U.S. Insurers, and its collision tests are known to be even stricter than those conducted by the U.S. government.