Five safety stars for Genesis G80 and GV80

Both of Genesis’ new flagship models have been awarded maximum five-star ANCAP and Euro NCAP ratings under the independent safety body’s latest testing protocol.

The new Genesis G80 sedan and Genesis GV80 large SUV achieved “solid all-round results” in the latest round of testing conducted in Europe, said ANCAP.

ANCAP said the G80 scored top marks in the side impact and far-side impact crash tests, as well as providing a high level of protection to rear-seat adults in the full-width frontal test.

The G80’s ability to prevent rear-end and turning-across-path crashes thanks to its autonomous emergency braking (AEB) capability was also notable, with full avoidance or crash mitigation recorded in all AEB car-to-car test scenarios at a range of speeds and approach offsets.

Meantime, the seven-seat Genesis GV80 was awarded full points in the side impact and oblique pole tests, both child occupant protection tests, and for the front passenger in the frontal offset test and the driver in the full width test. 

The GV80 also scored maximum points for protection in occupant-to-occupant and far-side impact crashes, thanks to its fitment of a front centre airbag, in addition to twin front and side chest-protecting airbags along with side head-protecting airbags for all three seating rows.

“These are impressive results”, said ANCAP Chief Executive, Carla Hoorweg.

Both models were also assessed according to ANCAP’s latest 2020-2022 protocol, in which vehicle-to-vehicle compatibility (also referred to as ‘aggressivity’ of design) is now assessed.

While ANCAP said the G80 performed well in this test, with the design of its front structure “shown to provide a low risk of injury to occupants of a ‘collision partner’ vehicle if/when struck”, the bigger, taller and heavier GV80 “did not perform as well for compatibility, with its front-end design likely to pose a higher risk to collision partner vehicles”.

“ANCAP plays an important role in encouraging continuous improvement in vehicle design, and part of this is encouraging safety improvements that not only benefit the occupants of a vehicle, but all road users,” said Hoorweg.

“The GV80 also gives consumers some insight into ANCAP’s future plans, with all variants equipped as standard with a Child Presence Detection system. While this feature is not yet scored as part of the official ANCAP rating process, it paves the way for a new aspect we’ll be introducing from 2023.”