In the past twenty years hundreds of infants and young children have died after being left in vehicles, usually by accident. When turning the vehicle off, drivers of the GV80 with its optional rear seat reminder are reminded to check the back seat if they opened the rear door before starting out. The XC90 doesn’t offer a back seat reminder.
The GV80 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 XC90 doesn’t offer front seat center airbags.
Over 200 people are killed each year when backed over by motor vehicles. The GV80 offers optional Parking Collision-Avoidance Assist-Reverse that uses rear sensors to monitor and automatically apply the brakes to prevent a rear collision. The XC90 doesn’t offer backup collision prevention brakes.
Both the GV80 and the XC90 have standard driver and passenger frontal airbags, front side-impact airbags, driver knee airbags, side-impact head airbags, front 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, available all wheel drive and around view monitors.
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, results indicate that the Genesis GV80 is safer than the Volvo XC90:
|
GV80 |
XC90 |
|
Front Seat |
|
STARS |
5 Stars |
5 Stars |
HIC |
29 |
51 |
Chest Movement |
.5 inches |
.7 inches |
Abdominal Force |
101 G’s |
153 G’s |
|
Rear Seat |
|
STARS |
5 Stars |
5 Stars |
HIC |
70 |
94 |
Spine Acceleration |
26 G’s |
40 G’s |
Hip Force |
458 lbs. |
608 lbs. |
New test not comparable to pre-2011 test results. More stars = Better. Lower test results = Better.