Genesis GV70 Achieves Top Safety Rating in US IIHS Evaluation

GV70 and Electrified Models Earn TSP+
Become the Most Selected Brand in the US Market

Genesis' GV70 model received the highest rating in the crash evaluation conducted by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) in the United States.

Genesis announced on the 22nd that the GV70 and GV70 electrified models were upgraded to the top safety pick plus (TSP+) rating, the highest grade from IIHS.

With this, Genesis now has a total of seven models selected as TSP+, surpassing Japanese Mazda (6 models), Japanese Honda (4 models), and Hyundai Motor Company (4 models), becoming the brand with the most TSP+ selected models.

Established in 1959, IIHS annually evaluates and announces comprehensive results on the crash safety performance and crash prevention performance of vehicles released in the U.S. market. Starting this year, the evaluation criteria have been strengthened to more strictly assess rear-seat occupant protection and pedestrian collision prevention systems.

Specifically, the frontal crash evaluation now includes a rear-seat dummy (human model) to check the possibility of injury to rear-seat passengers in a frontal collision.

Also, for the front small overlap crash evaluation, previously the driver and passenger sides were rated separately, but from this year, the evaluations for the driver and passenger sides are combined into one, and the lower rating of the two is given as the final rating.

Regarding pedestrian collision prevention evaluation, previously daytime and nighttime tests were conducted separately, and meeting the TSP requirement was possible by receiving a rating of 'Good' or higher only during the daytime test. However, from this year, a combined daytime and nighttime complex test must be passed with a rating of 'Acceptable' or higher to receive a TSP or higher rating.

To receive the TSP+ rating, a vehicle must achieve the highest rating of 'Good' in all three categories: front small overlap, frontal crash, and side crash. Additionally, the vehicle must be rated 'Acceptable' or higher in the daytime/nighttime front crash prevention system tests (vehicle and pedestrian) and headlight evaluation.

A Genesis official stated, "The acquisition of the TSP+ rating for the GV70 and GV70 electrified models, along with the highest ratings for multiple other models, is a result that proves Genesis' efforts to provide the safest vehicles."

Genesis GV70 (Photo by Genesis)

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