Automotive safety organisation Euro NCAP has awarded its top five-star rating to the new Genesis G80 and GV80.
The G80 and GV80 are the first cars that Hyundai’s upmarket brand will sell in the UK. Euro NCAP said the GV80 scored full points for side impact protection.
Both cars also get top scores for child occupant protection and ‘provide a full array of driver assistance systems to help prevent accidents in the first place’.
Euro NCAP did add that the GV80’s pedestrian protection is ‘some way behind that of the G80’. However it was still enough to secure a five-star rating.
Elsewhere, the third-generation Citroen C4 scored four stars, with Euro NCAP saying its performance in adult occupant protection, pedestrian protection and safety assistance failed to break the five-star threshold.
Euro NCAP also performed tests on the BMW 4 Series coupe and convertible models, wawarding them a five-star rating. The cars are largely based on the BMW 3 Series and Euro NCAP said some results were carried over, while in other areas extra tests had to be completed ‘to ensure that the safety is at the same 2019 five-star level’.
“These remain difficult times for the car industry, with the pandemic and semiconductor shortage presenting big challenges,” said Michiel van Ratingen, secretary general of Euro NCAP.
“Still, Genesis has managed to bring two cars to the market that offer excellent all-round robust safety performance. Citroen chalked up a respectable four-star rating for the new C4 models, but still left us with the impression that with some more careful engineering it could have been much better.”
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