It has been awarded the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s Top Safety Pick+ rating.
It is not easy to earn the highest possible crash rating from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). Each new model is subject to rigorous testing that pushes automotive engineering to the limits. While not all vehicles can be awarded the Top Safety Pick+ rating by IIHS, they are not all the 2021 Genesis GV80 SUVs. IIHS today awarded the new luxury SUV its highest crash rating.
The GV80 was able to pass all six crash test categories of the institute, including the difficult driver and passenger-side small overlap front test. This test focuses on a small part of the front bumper that makes contact with the ground during a crash. The SUV’s strength is not its only attribute. It’s smart, too. The GV80 has front crash prevention technology, and must earn a Superior or Advance rating in the institute’s evaluation. It succeeded in both vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-pedestrian tests.
The GV80 received a Superior rating for its technology and an Acceptable rating to the standard LED projector headslights. Genesis attributes the GV80’s success in testing to a variety of active safety and driver assistance technologies. These include the SUV’s new platform, 10 standard airbags and forward-collision-avoidance-assist. To Genesis,
The luxury brand’s 2021 Genesis GV80 is the same SUV Tiger Woods crashed in last month. It is also the brand’s first SUV. This oddity, however, was rectified by the company with a beautiful product. The GV80 will not be the brand’s sole SUV. The company announced last September that it would double its lineup in a year. This includes electric vehicles. Although the GV80 is a safety standard for future Genesis models it joins a lineup that has received IIHS’s Top Safety Pick+ rating. This is a family that wins.