Better keeps you safer on all sides. Thank you for making our 2017 #SantaFeSport a 2016 IIHS Top Safety Pick+. pic.twitter.com/qcNv54cLw0
— Hyundai USA (@Hyundai) July 13, 2016
To qualify for a Top Safety Pick+ from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, a vehicle must:
Earn good ratings in all five crashworthiness tests Offer advanced- or superior-rated front-crash preventionIt sounds so simple when presented in two little bullet points, but earning the highest ratings in all five categories is no simple matter. The small-overlap collision in particular is difficult, because it concentrates the force of impact on the very edge of the vehicle's bumper, where the majority of its usual crumple-zone is bypassed.
Fortunately, the 2017 Hyundai Santa Fe Sport pulled it off perfectly, and even earned a superior rating for its automatic emergency braking system.
Other vehicles you'll find in the Billingsley Hyundai of Lawton new inventory with an IIHS Top Safety Pick include the Genesis, Sonata, and Tucson -- the only one of eight small SUVs tested to offer the same small-overlap protection for both passenger- and driver-side impacts.
