The GV60 Advanced/Performance’s pre-crash front seatbelts will tighten automatically in the event the vehicle detects an impending crash, improving protection against injury significantly. The Solterra doesn’t offer pre-crash pretensioners.
Both the GV60 and Solterra have child safety locks to prevent children from opening the rear doors. The GV60 has power child safety locks, allowing the driver to activate and deactivate them from the driver's seat and to know when they're engaged. The Solterra’s child locks have to be individually engaged at each rear door with a manual switch. The driver can’t know the status of the locks without opening the doors and checking them.
The GV60 has a standard front seat center airbag, which deploys between the driver and front passenger, protecting them from injuries caused by striking each other in serious side impacts. The Solterra doesn’t offer front seat center airbags.
The GV60 has standard Anti-Whiplash Front Head Restraints, which use a specially designed headrest to protect the driver and front passenger from whiplash. During a rear-end collision, the Anti-Whiplash Front Head Restraints system moves the headrests forward to prevent neck and spine injuries. The Solterra doesn’t offer a whiplash protection system.
Both the GV60 and the Solterra have standard driver and passenger frontal airbags, front side-impact airbags, driver knee airbags, side-impact head airbags, front and rear seatbelt pretensioners, height adjustable front shoulder belts, four-wheel antilock brakes, traction control, electronic stability systems to prevent skidding, crash mitigating brakes, daytime running lights, lane departure warning systems, blind spot warning systems, rearview cameras, rear cross-path warning, driver alert monitors and available around view monitors.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration does 35 MPH front crash tests on new vehicles. In this test, results indicate that the Genesis GV60 is safer than the Subaru Solterra:
|
GV60 |
Solterra |
|
Driver |
|
STARS |
4 Stars |
4 Stars |
HIC |
152 |
152 |
Neck Injury Risk |
23.3% |
35.3% |
Neck Stress |
230 lbs. |
240 lbs. |
Leg Forces (l/r) |
156/598 lbs. |
469/617 lbs. |
New test not comparable to pre-2011 test results. More stars = Better. Lower test results = Better.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration does side impact tests on new vehicles. In this test, which crashes the vehicle into a flat barrier at 38.5 MPH and into a post at 20 MPH, results indicate that the Genesis GV60 is safer than the Subaru Solterra:
|
GV60 |
Solterra |
|
Front Seat |
|
STARS |
5 Stars |
5 Stars |
HIC |
62 |
103 |
Hip Force |
186 lbs. |
237 lbs. |
|
Rear Seat |
|
STARS |
5 Stars |
5 Stars |
HIC |
75 |
223 |
Spine Acceleration |
36 G’s |
46 G’s |
Hip Force |
443 lbs. |
609 lbs. |
|
Into Pole |
|
STARS |
5 Stars |
5 Stars |
Max Damage Depth |
9 inches |
9 inches |
HIC |
294 |
315 |
Hip Force |
641 lbs. |
899 lbs. |
New test not comparable to pre-2011 test results. More stars = Better. Lower test results = Better.