Hyundai Motor Group selects 'Saferest Car' in 2025 IIHS crash evaluation
Mar 14, 2025
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Hyundai Motor Group announced on the 14th (Friday) that a total of 12 models were selected, including 11 "Top Safety Pick Plus (TSP+, Top Safety Pick+)" and one "Top Safety Pick (TSP, Top Safety Pick)" in a crash evaluation released by the National Highway Safety Insurance Association (IIHS) on the 13th (Thursday) local time.
This is the most selected among global automobile groups, with Hyundai Motor and Kia ranking second and seventh overall, and Genesis ranking first in luxury brands.
In the TSP+ grade, five Hyundai models, including ▲ Ionic 5 ▲ Ionic 6 ▲ Kona ▲ Tucson ▲ Santa Fe, four Genesis models, including ▲ GV60 ▲ GV70 ▲ GV70 electrified model ▲ GV80, and two Kia models, including ▲EV9 ▲ Telluride, were listed, and Genesis G90 was selected for TSP grade.
In particular, Hyundai Motor's Tucson and Genesis GV70 and GV80 have acquired TSP+ for five consecutive years since 2021, while Kia Telluride has been selected as TSP+ or TSP for seven consecutive years since its first launch in the North American market in 2019, demonstrating its outstanding safety.
IIHS gives TSP+ ratings to vehicles with the highest level of safety in the crash assessment and TSP ratings to vehicles with good performance.
The selection of 12 Hyundai Motor Group models is especially meaningful in that the total number of TSP+ or TSP-selected models has been significantly reduced from 71 to 48 at the same time last year due to the strengthening of safety assessment standards for passengers in the back seat. (36 TSP+ models, 12 TSP models)
In the updated model overlap front test, IIHS newly placed a dummy (body model) representing a small-sized woman or 12-year-old child in the back seat of the driver, and supplemented the evaluation method by reflecting the type of injury likely to occur to rear seat passengers in the event of an actual crash.
In the evaluation, TSP+ could be obtained only by receiving an acceptable rating until last year, but since this year, TSP+ has been strengthened so that it can be obtained only when it meets "good" and "acceptable" or higher. In addition to this, to receive TSP+ or TSP grade, the highest grade of 'good' must be achieved in the ▲ front small overlap ▲ side crash assessment, the day/night forward collision prevention system test (vehicle and pedestrian) and the headlight assessment must be rated above 'acceptable' in the overall trim of the vehicle.
"The selected vehicles provide excellent safety not only in the front seat but also in the back seat," said IIHS Chairman David Harkey. "It will be the best option for consumers looking for a family car with the highest level of safety."
We are very proud of Hyundai Motor Group's excellent performance in the IIHS crash assessment, which is strengthened every year, a Hyundai Motor Group official said. "We will continue to strive to provide customers with the highest level of safety and quality in the world."
Meanwhile, IIHS is a non-profit organization established in 1959 that comprehensively evaluates collision safety and collision prevention performance for vehicles released in the U.S. market every year and announces the results.
Reporter Kim Hyung-joon hj.kim@carguy.kr
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
