- Hyundai Motor secures 9 awards, Genesis earns eight, and Kia receives 5
- Hyundai is ranked second and Genesis is ranked third tied with Honda and Mazda, respectively, amongst international manufacturers with essentially the most awards
- Recognition underscores the distinctive security requirements of Hyundai, Kia, and Genesis autos
Hyundai Motor Group is proud to announce {that a} complete of twenty-two fashions from Hyundai Motor Firm, Kia Company and Genesis have been honored with the Insurance coverage Institute of Freeway Security (IIHS) 2024 TOP SAFETY PICK (TSP) and TOP SAFETY PICK+ (TSP+) awards.
The Group’s complete is greater than some other automaker within the annual evaluation, comprising 21 p.c of the full 2024 awards. Furthermore, Hyundai model ranked second and Genesis ranked third tied with Honda and Mazda, respectively, among the many manufacturers with essentially the most awards.
“The Group’s distinctive efficiency within the IIHS 2024 Prime Security awards is a testomony to our unwavering deal with security and steady efforts to offer the best stage of safety for car occupants and different street customers,” mentioned Brian Latouf, President and World Chief Security and High quality Officer at Hyundai Motor Group. “The outcomes additionally mirror our technique to keep up security management for 2025 and years to return.”
Among the many Group’s manufacturers, Hyundai Motor secured 9 awards (4 TSP+ and 5 TSP), Genesis earned eight awards (seven TSP+ and one TSP), and Kia earned 5 awards (one TSP+ and 4 TSP). This recognition highlights the distinctive security requirements embedded in Hyundai, Kia and Genesis autos. All autos had been 2024 mannequin 12 months until in any other case specified.
For Hyundai Motor, the TSP+ winners included the IONIQ 5, KONA and TUCSON (fashions constructed after March 2024) small SUVs and IONIQ 6 midsize electrical automobile. The TSP winners included the ELANTRA small automobile, SONATA midsize automobile, PALISADE and SANTA FE midsize SUVs, and SANTA CRUZ small pickup truck.
For Genesis, the TSP+ winners included the G80 (fashions constructed after October 2023), Electrified G80, and G90 (fashions constructed after October 2023) giant luxurious vehicles, GV60 small SUV, and GV70 (2025MY) (fashions constructed after April 2024), Electrified GV70 (fashions constructed after April 2024), and GV80 (fashions constructed after August 2023) midsize luxurious SUVs. The TSP winner was the GV70 (fashions constructed after November 2023) midsize luxurious SUV.
For Kia, the TSP+ winner was the TELLURIDE midsize SUV. The TSP winners included the K4 small automobile, SPORTAGE small SUV, and the EV9 (fashions constructed after January 2024) and SORENTO (2024-25MY) midsize SUVs.
To be eligible for an IIHS TSP award, autos should safe a Good score within the small overlap entrance, unique reasonable overlap entrance, and up to date aspect exams. For the upper TSP+ award, autos should obtain Good rankings within the small overlap entrance, up to date aspect exams, and not less than an Acceptable score within the up to date reasonable entrance crash take a look at. Each TSP/TSP+ awards require an Acceptable or Good score for pedestrian entrance crash prevention and headlights, which have to be geared up on all trim ranges. For an in depth breakdown of the award standards modifications, go to IIHS.org.
Within the 2024 TSP/TSP+ awards, IIHS has elevated the requirements, urging automakers to spice up rear-seat passenger safety and improve pedestrian crash avoidance programs. The up to date reasonable entrance overlap take a look at from IIHS, now that includes a second dummy positioned behind the motive force, emphasizes rear-seat security and has supplanted the unique analysis within the 2024 TSP+ necessities.
