Both the GV80 and 4Runner have child safety locks to prevent children from opening the rear doors. The GV80 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 4Runner’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 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 4Runner 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 for objects to the rear and automatically applies the brakes to prevent a collision. The 4Runner doesn’t offer backup collision prevention brakes.
To provide maximum traction and stability on all roads, All-Wheel Drive is standard on the GV80. But it costs extra on the 4Runner.
Both the GV80 and 4Runner have rear cross-traffic warning, but the GV80 has Rear Cross-Traffic Collision-Avoidance Assist (automatically applies the brakes) to better prevent a collision when backing near traffic. The 4Runner’s Rear Cross-Traffic Alert doesn’t automatically brake.
For better protection of the passenger compartment, the GV80 uses safety cell construction with a three-dimensional high-strength frame that surrounds the passenger compartment. It provides extra impact protection and a sturdy mounting location for door hardware and side impact beams. The 4Runner uses a body-on-frame design, which has no frame members above the floor of the vehicle.
Both the GV80 and the 4Runner 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 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 GV80 is safer than the Toyota 4Runner:
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GV80 |
4Runner |
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Driver |
|
| STARS |
4 Stars |
4 Stars |
| Neck Injury Risk |
24.1% |
47% |
| Neck Stress |
157 lbs. |
438 lbs. |
| Neck Compression |
25 lbs. |
54 lbs. |
| Leg Forces (l/r) |
254/334 lbs. |
488/468 lbs. |
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|
Passenger |
|
| STARS |
4 Stars |
3 Stars |
| HIC |
263 |
367 |
| Chest Compression |
.6 inches |
.7 inches |
| Neck Injury Risk |
34% |
57% |
| Neck Stress |
228 lbs. |
271 lbs. |
New test not comparable to pre-2011 test results. More stars = Better. Lower test results = Better.
A significantly tougher test than their original offset frontal crash test, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety does 40 MPH small overlap frontal offset crash tests. In this test, where only 25% of the total width of the vehicle is struck, results indicate that the Genesis GV80 is safer than the 4Runner:
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GV80 |
4Runner |
| Overall Evaluation |
GOOD |
MARGINAL |
| Restraints |
GOOD |
GOOD |
| Head Neck Evaluation |
GOOD |
GOOD |
| Peak Head Forces |
0 G’s |
0 G’s |
| Steering Column Movement Rearward |
0 cm |
12 cm |
| Chest Evaluation |
GOOD |
GOOD |
| Hip & Thigh Evaluation |
GOOD |
GOOD |
| Femur Force R/L |
1.1/1 kN |
3.9/2.4 kN |
| Hip & Thigh Injury Risk R/L |
0%/0% |
1%/0% |
| Lower Leg Evaluation |
GOOD |
ACCEPTABLE |
| Tibia index R/L |
.72/.4 |
.95/.85 |
| Tibia forces R/L |
2.8/2.7 kN |
5/2.9 kN |
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 GV80 is safer than the Toyota 4Runner:
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GV80 |
4Runner |
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|
Front Seat |
|
| STARS |
5 Stars |
5 Stars |
| HIC |
29 |
41 |
| Chest Movement |
.5 inches |
1.1 inches |
| Abdominal Force |
101 lbs. |
179 lbs. |
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|
Rear Seat |
|
| STARS |
5 Stars |
5 Stars |
| HIC |
70 |
89 |
| Spine Acceleration |
26 G’s |
36 G’s |
|
|
Into Pole |
|
| STARS |
5 Stars |
4 Stars |
| Max Damage Depth |
14 inches |
20 inches |
| HIC |
290 |
507 |
| Spine Acceleration |
41 G’s |
43 G’s |
| Hip Force |
640 lbs. |
895 lbs. |
New test not comparable to pre-2011 test results. More stars = Better. Lower test results = Better.
Instrumented handling tests conducted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and analysis of its dimensions indicate that the GV80, with its four-star roll-over rating, is 7.7% to 9.1% less likely to roll over than the 4Runner, which received a three-star rating.
For its top level performance in IIHS driver and passenger-side small overlap frontal, moderate overlap frontal, side impact, roof strength and head restraint tests, its standard vehicle-to-vehicle front crash prevention system, its standard vehicle-to-pedestrian front crash prevention system, and its standard headlight’s “Acceptable” rating, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety grants the GV80 its highest rating: “Top Safety Pick Plus” for 2022, a rating granted to only 128 vehicles tested by the IIHS. The 4Runner is not even a standard “Top Safety Pick.”