TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Hyundai Genesis was awarded the safest car for 2014, defeating cars such as Audi A6 and Ford Explorer, Antara News reported.
The assessment was given by South Korea’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport.
The Genesis scored 96.6 points out of 100 in four crash tests that covered frontal and side-impact tests with the Kia Sorento coming in second with 92.1 points and followed by Kia Carnival with 91 points.
The safety tests were participated by seven locally produced vehicles such as the Hyundai Sonata, the Spark EV and the Cruze of GM Korea, a local unit of U.S. automaker General Motors, and Kia's Soul and Sorento.
Six imported vehicles tested are the Volkswagen Golf, the E300 of Mercedes-Benz, the Lexus ES350 and the QM3.
Among those imported cars, the Volkswagen Golf received the highest score of 90.3 points, followed by the Mercedes-Benz E300 with 90.2 points.
Vehicles scoring 83.1 points or higher in the four crash tests will be given the highest Level 1 safety grade.
VW Golf, Mercedes-Benz E300, Audi A6, and Lexus E350 were given the Level 1 grade whereas Ford Explorer is given a Level 3 grade.
The QM3 was given the lowest Level 5 grade of 77.2 points.
The Genesis, Sonata and Cruze was given a near-perfect point in the frontal-impact test.
The Hyundai Genesis also received the highest score of 21.4 points in the pedestrian safety test.
ANTARA NEWS | ADITIA MARULI | BAYU ARMITYO
