The Safest Car of the Year is BMW's New Electric Vehicle

BMW Korea announced on the 26th that the new i5 was selected as the best vehicle in this year's automobile safety evaluation.

This evaluation was conducted by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport and the Korea Transportation Safety Authority's Automobile Safety Research Institute. Since 1999, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport has comprehensively assessed 21 detailed items divided into three categories: crash safety, pedestrian safety, and accident prevention safety, and assigned grades accordingly. The i5, an electric vehicle version of BMW's mid-to-large sedan 5 Series, received high marks across all categories, scoring 93.6 points.

Dominic Schuster, Vice President of BMW Group (left), and others are taking a commemorative photo after receiving an award at the vehicle safety evaluation ceremony held on the 21st.
[Photo by BMW Korea]

Among the 10 models evaluated this year, including internal combustion engine vehicles, it achieved the highest score. In the 'crash safety' category, which assesses occupant safety, it received a near-perfect score of 59.7 out of 60 points (99.5%). Pedestrian safety and accident prevention safety scored 17.5 and 16.4 points respectively (out of 20 points each). Dominic Schuster, Executive Vice President of Vehicle Safety at BMW Group, who attended the awards ceremony held on the 21st, said, "I am very pleased that our dedication and philosophy toward safety have been proven through this evaluation."

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